At least eight migrants drowned, but 84 others were rescued after a rubber dinghy sank off the Libyan coast.
Dozens might still be missing as an humanitarian agency says many of those rescued had spent hours in the water.
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This is believed to be the first sinking of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean in 2018.
According to the International Organization for Migration, nearly 34,000 migrants have drowned or gone missing in the waters since 2000.
