'Many people sank with the boat,' says Coveney on 200 missing people now feared drowned

UPDATE (9.40pm): Approximately 200 people are still missing after a boat, carrying more than 700 people capsized off the Libyan coast.

So far around 400 people have been pulled to safety, but as darkness swallows the scene of the crisis tonight, most of those who remain missing are feared drowned.