The dinghy had contacted a crisis hotline for distressed migrants after sailing from Libya for Europe on February 8.
As of last October, roughly 19,000 migrants have drowned or disappeared on the sea route since 2014 [File: Felipe Dana/AP]
As of last October, roughly 19,000 migrants have drowned or disappeared on the sea route since 2014 [File: Felipe Dana/AP]
A rubber dinghy packed with 91 migrants and refugees that set out from Libya with hopes of reaching Europe appears to have gone missing in the Mediterranean, the UN migration agency said on Thursday.
The inflatable boat carrying mostly African migrants departed from al-Qarbouli, 50km (30 miles) east of the capital, Tripoli, on February 8, said Osman Haroun, whose cousin was on board.
