The International Organization for Migration IOM says a boat carrying African migrants capsized off Libya’s coast Monday, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead.

It was the latest disaster in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe.

Safa Msehli, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration says the vessel left the western coastal town of Khums on Sunday.

She said there were at least 75 migrants on board, including women and children. 

Msehli says among the 57 presumed drowned were 20 women and two children.

She told the Associated Press that eighteen of the migrants were rescued and returned to shore by fishermen and Libya’s coast guard.

Usman Umar reports.