A migrant boat has capsized leaving at least 200 people in the sea says the Italian Navy.
A spokesman said naval vessels and helicopters were assisting at the scene between Sicily and Tunisia.
It is also being reported that bodies have been spotted in the water.
"There are at least 200 people in the sea and our helicopters are picking them up," said a navy spokesman, adding that two ships were on the scene.
The incident comes just over a week after a boat carrying African asylum seekers caught fire and sank off Lampedusa, killing up to 350 people.
Residents of the remote southern Italian island have long complained that they have been left alone to deal with the thousands of migrants who come ashore each year from Africa and the Middle East.
Some 30,000 migrants have flocked to Italy so far this year. An estimated 17,000 to 20,000 have died while crossing the Mediterranean during the past 20 years on overcrowded fishing boats or rubber dinghies, seeking a better life in Europe.
Eritrea, Somalia and Syria are the main countries of origin and the majority of arrivals are on Lampedusa, Italy's southernmost point which is closer to north Africa than to the Italian mainland.
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