Migrants rest on the deck of the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship Phoenix after being rescued from a rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean in worldwide waters some 15 nautical miles off the coast of Zawiya in Libya, April 14, 2017.
A coastguard official on Thursday said close to 100 migrants were feared missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast near Tripoli.
African immigrants, whose boat sank off the Libyan coast, gather upon their rescue in Tripoli, capital of Libya, on April 13, 2017.
The civil guard based on the island of Mallorca said their ships had found two boats with 14 men each both on Thursday and Friday.
Libya remains a major gateway for asylum seekers attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea, with more than 450,000 people having made the crossing over the past three years.
A total of 23 male survivors were rescued while clinging to a floating device, Ayoub Kassem added.
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It was a dramatic day for marine rescuers, with more than 2,000 migrants trying to reach Europe plucked from the Mediterranean in a series of dramatic rescue missions.
Since the beginning of this year, at least 590 people have died or gone missing along the Libyan coast, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said in late March.
Some militias act as unofficial coastguards but are often accused of profiteering from people smuggling.
More than 24,000 asylum seekers arrived to Italy from Libya during the first three months of the year, up from 18,000 in the same period last year, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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