While it was succeeded to rescue about 250 people.
The ship, on Board of which were several hundred migrants capsized near the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete.
According to local media reports, now in the Mediterranean sea rescue operation is underway, managed to save almost 250 people.
It is reported that the water could be up to 700 migrants.
Over the past week have been saved about 5 thousand 600 people, approximately 880 people were killed.
Since the beginning of this year in the Mediterranean sank about 2.5 thousand people. During the same period last year – 1.8 million, while in the first five months of 2014, only 57 people.
The chances that the migrant will die trying to cross the Mediterranean sea, the UN has estimated as one in 81.
This year across the Mediterranean to Europe, according to the UN, were more than 200 thousand people. Almost three quarters arrived in Greece from Turkey. About 47 thousand people were able to get to Italy.
