A 15-month-old girl is missing at seaafter the migrant boat she was aboard capsized, possibly during a rescue operation by the Mare Go NGO-run ship, in theMediterranean overnight, sources said.
The other 44 people on board the seven-metre iron boat, including the child's mother, were saved.
The boat departed from Sfax, Tunisia, late on Thursday and the survivors said they paid 1,000 euros each for the crossing.
The boat capsized in Malta's search-and-rescue zone, the sourcessaid.
The Italian Coast Guard took the rescued migrants to Lampedusa.
At the time of writing, there had been 14 landings of migrant groups on Italy's southernmost island on Saturday since midnight for a total of 657 people.
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