Rescuers are searching for scores of migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat capsized off the south Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday. Italian coast guards rescued 48 and three were saved by a fishing boat but 20 deaths were confirmed and at least 130 people are unaccounted for. Officials say the boat left two days ago from western Libya. Three coast guard vessels were dispatched along with at least one helicopter, which spotted the bodies in the water. A Maltese plane was reportedly also involved in the operation. Coast guards said the boat had been carrying around 200 people but the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) put the figure at 300. Those on the boat were mostly Eritreans and Somalis. The European Parliament held a minute's silence to mark the tragedy.