Three migrants - a Syrian, a Bangladeshi and an Ethiopian - fell into the sea, in international waters, during the transfer from the approximately 12 meter boat to the Vault tanker cargo ship, and are missing.
The crew of the cargo ship rescued a cart carrying 139 migrants, including a woman, who they said had left from Sabratha in Libya.
During the rescue operations, which took place during the night, three people ended up in the water and it was not possible to recover them.
It is the third episode, and the missing number rises to 5 (including a 15-month-old girl from Cameroon and a 15-year-old from Guinea), in the space of 3 days.
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