Italian Navy RHIBs (rigid hulled inflatable boats) from the ship Francesco Mimbelli approach a rubber dinghy carrying migrants during a rescue operation off the coast of Libya August 6, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
ROME (Reuters) - Hopes faded of finding survivors of the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy, in which an estimated 200 migrants drowned, and rescue ships were called to the aid of more migrant boats in the same area on Thursday.
Vessels from the Italian and Irish navies and humanitarian agency Medecins sans Frontiers (MSF) saved more than 370 people from a capsized boat thought to be carrying up to 600 on Wednesday, the Italian coast guard said on Thursday. They recovered 25 bodies but found no more survivors after scouring the waters overnight.
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