The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Saturday that 61 migrants have drowned at sea off the coast of the western Libyan city of Zuwara, some 120 kilometers west of the capital Tripoli, while trying to reach Europe.

IOM said late Saturday that the migrants, including women and children, drowned following a tragic shipwreck off Libya.

Around 86 people were onboard the boat when it left the Libyan shores from Zuwara, the IOM cited survivors as saying.