A boat carrying about 20 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya on monday, leaving at least 19 people missing.

It was pointed that a group of 23 migrants set off from the city of Tobruk, where three migrants were rescued and taken to hospital.

Human traffickers have benefited in recent years from the chaos in Libya, as they smuggle migrants across the border, and the migrants are exploited in poor inflatable boats and set out on perilous sea voyages.

Adapted from The Guardian Newspaper