Twelve dead or missing as migrants returned to Libyan capital - U.N. agency

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - At least five migrants died and seven were missing when the coast guard returned 49 others to Libya's capital Tripoli on Wednesday as fighting there raged, the U.N. migration agency said.

A Maltese commercial vessel rescued the migrants from an inflatable boat and handed them to Libya's coast guard, which brought them to a naval base in Tripoli where they were allowed to disembark after a delay of several hours, the International Organization for Migration said.