(VOVworld) - Rescuers are trying to save hundreds of migrants after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya. Of 600 illegal migrants seeking to reach Europe, approximately 400 have been rescued.

This one year old child, from Palestine, was almost lost (Photo:MSF)

The accident occurred early Wednesday afternoon, just 15 miles off the Libyan coast.
The boat is suspected to have been overloaded and many people are feared drowned. This is one of the worse maritime accidents in the Mediterranean since an incident in April killed 700.