HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS FEARED DROWNED

MADRID A Spanish aid organization said Friday that it feared hundreds of migrants may have died off Libya’s coast, while Turkish media reported that 11 migrants died after a boat sank in the Aegean.

Video footage on the DHA outlet in Turkey showed a half-dozen covered bodies laid out near ambulances. The migrants’ boat capsized near the Turkish resort town of Kusadasi and nine people were rescued, the Turkish Coast Guard Command said.

Concerns about the migrants near Libya rose after Spain’s Proactiva Open Arms group found five bodies near two capsized boats on Thursday. Proactiva spokeswoman Laura Lanuza said German aid organization Jugend Rettet found a sixth body in the area Friday.

Meanwhile, the search for a third vessel reported missing in the area has so far proved futile.

The UN refugee agency and Proactiva said they feared the death toll may be much higher as migrant dinghies are normally crammed with around 120 people each.