Based on initial information, the UN agencies said that all those who died were from Sub-Saharan Africa. 

"This tragic loss of life underscores once again the need to enhance and expand state-led search and rescue operations across the Central Mediterranean, where some 290 people have lost their lives so far this year," said the statement.

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