A boat carrying 400 migrants is adrift in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Malta. They've been stranded for at least 24 hours and the boat is at risk of capsizing. 9News
The support service Alarm Phone said in a tweet on Sunday that it had received a call from the boat, which had departed from Tobruk, Libya, overnight, adding it had reported the situation to authorities, but no rescue operation had been announced.
It said passengers reported some distressed people may have jumped overboard, including one person who it said was unconscious on the boat. The boat's hull had filled with water, it added. German NGO Sea-Watch International tweeted it had found the boat on Sunday, adding Maltese authorities had ordered two nearby merchant ships not to rescue those on board, but had asked one of them to supply the boat with fuel, food and water.Sea-Watch told CNN on Monday that the weather had become "very bad" during the night, with waves up to 1.5 metres.
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