Boat Carrying Immigrants Confirmed to Have Sunk in the Mediterranean.

Rome, 19 April 2015(Lana) A Boat carrying about 700 immigrants has sunk in the Mediterranean waters, and only 28 of its passengers have been rescued, a spokesman for the Italian coast guard said on Sunday. The ill-fated boat was nearer to the Libyan coast than the Italian Island of Lampedusa when it sank, the spokesman said, adding that 20 vessels and 3 aircraft were taking part in the rescue operation. The Maltese navy said the boat sank in the Libyan water 200 km off the Italian Island of Lampedusa on Saturday night, after it capsized when the people on board rushed to one side of the boat when they saw a ship approaching, which caused it to overturn. 700 are feared dead in the probably the worst incident ever involved the migration crisis in the Mediterranean, the Maltese Prime Minister was quoted by the British Daily Telegraph as saying. =Lana=