Libyan coastguard condemned after shooting at migrant boat

(Sean Dempsey/PA)

A non-profit sea rescue group has condemned Libyan authorities after it witnessed the coastguard apparently chasing a crowded migrant boat and shooting in its direction in an apparent effort to stop it from crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.

Members of the German non-governmental group Sea-Watch filmed the incident on Wednesday while flying over the area on an observation mission.