Most of those aboard are believed to be from Pakistan.
Ninety people are feared to have drowned early Friday when a human smuggler’s boat capsized off the Libyan coast, the United Nations migration agency said.
Most of those aboard are believed to be from Pakistan.
Ten bodies washed ashore near the Libyan town of Zuwara, International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokeswoman Olivia Headon told the Associated Press. Eight of the dead who were recovered were believed to be from Pakistan and two from Libya.
Headon, speaking by phone to reporters, said initial indications were that the boat became unbalanced. She said Pakistani nationals are increasingly attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy via Libya
IOM figures released Friday say 6,624 migrants arrived in Europe by sea this year, and 246 either died or were missing.
