At least 90 people are feared to have drowned in what is the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency has said.
The International Organisation for Migration said that "ten bodies are reported to have washed up on Libyan shores".
The agency also said there were three known survivors.
Two survivors from the disaster had swum to shore, while another was rescued by a fishing boat.
Survivors told aid workers that most of the migrants onboard were from Pakistan, who formed a growing group heading to Italy, an IOM spokeswoman said.
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"They have given an estimate of 90 who drowned during the capsize, but we still have to verify the exact number of people who lost their lives during the tragedy," she said.
The agency has repeatedly issued warnings over the extreme dangers facing migrants who try to reach Europe via the so-called central Mediterranean route, which connects Libya to Italy.
More than 218 migrants have already died on the route in 2018 before today's tragedy, according to IOM figures.
On the eastern Mediterranean route that connects Turkey and Greece, used by more than 1,000 people so far this year, no fatalities have yet been recorded in 2018.
A further 28 people have died in 2018 on the western route that links North Africa to Spain, the IOM said.
