More than 100 refugees heading to Europe are believed to have perished in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, according to independent relief agencies, in the current loss of human life as tends to cross the Mediterranean rise during the warmer months.

Humanitarian organizations have blamed Libya's coast guard and European officials of inability to carry out their obligations to save lives. According to a Libyan coast guard official, they looked for the boat but were unable to locate it due to scarce resources.

SOS Mediterranee, which runs the rescue ship Ocean Viking, said late Thursday that the capsized rubber boat, which was carrying about 130 passengers at the time, was discovered in the Mediterranean Sea northeast of Tripoli. The rescue ship could not locate any survivors, but it did see at least ten bodies near the accident. "We thought about the souls that have been lost and the families who will never know exactly what happened to their dear ones," the organization said in a statement.

The migrant traffic has brought up the issue of who is responsible for protecting those at sea among European Union countries and Libya. According to the European humanitarian organization, those who have gone missing will most likely follow the 350 people who have perished in the sea this year. Governments were accused of failing to include search and rescue operations.

"These are the human implications of actions that refuse to respect international law and the most fundamental humanitarian constraints," tweeted Eugenio Ambrosi, Chief of Staff at the International Organization for Migration.

Alarm Phone, an emergency hotline for refugees in the Mediterranean, said it had been in touch with the sinking boat for almost ten hours before it sank. Alarm Phone said in a comment that it had informed European and Libyan authorities of the boat's GPS location, but that only non-state rescue organizations were frantically looking for it.

Alarm Phone, an emergency hotline for refugees in the Mediterranean, said it had been in touch with the sinking boat for almost ten hours before it sank. Alarm Phone said in a comment that it had informed European and Libyan authorities of the boat's GPS location, but that only non-state rescue organizations were frantically looking for it.

Alarm Phone accused European officials of struggling to organize a rescue mission, instead of relying entirely on the Libyan Coast Guard. According to Libya Coast Guard Spokesman Commander Masoud Ibrahim Masoud, accusations of negligence are false. He further explained to The Associated Press, "We organized the search process. The ships searched the sea for more than 24 hours, but the seas were very harsh.”

According to Masoud, the Libyan coast guard issued two rescue warnings about noon on Wednesday from two separate rubber boats in trouble to the east of Tripoli. A patrol vessel was promptly deployed and extracted 106 migrants onboard one of the two vessels, including women and children.

Two more bodies were recovered from the water near the overturned ferry. He mentioned that the very same vessel was still searching, but visibility was poor and the seas were harsh. According to him, the ship finally returned to port so that the other migrants on board could obtain medical care. Meanwhile, he said that Libyan authorities instructed three merchant ships and Ocean Viking to search for the lost rubber boat before the Libyan patrol vessel could rejoin them.