At least 400 migrants trying to reach Europe from Libya were killed after their boat capsized, it emerged tonight.
It was also claimed the body of one migrant, who died on another boat making the perilous trip from North Africa to Italy, was tossed overboard by a trafficker to circling sharks.
The stories emerged after more than 8,000 migrants took advantage of calm weather to cross the Mediterranean over the past weekend.
Rescued: The Italian coast guard involved in a operation to rescue migrants off the coast of Sicily on April 12
Treatment: A refugee is stretchered off an Italian coast guard vessel in Palermo harbour , Italy on April 14
A pregnant woman is helped off a boat at the Sicilian Porto Empedocle harbor on Monday. Italy's Coast Guard helped save 144 migrants Monday from a capsized boat in the waters off Libya
A Red Cross volunteer carries a baby wrapped in a blanket after migrants disembarked at the Sicilian Porto Empedocle harbor Italy on Monday
Charity Save the Children said the capsized boat, carrying about 550 people, flipped over around 24 hours after leaving the Libyan coast.
About 150 survivors – mostly from sub-Saharan Africa – were rescued and brought to an Italian port on Monday.
Before the weekend, more than 500 migrants had already died crossing the Mediterranean so far this year.
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