A boat capsizes in the Mediterranean, killing 45 people.

Dozens of migrants drowned when a boat capsized in the Mediterranean.

According to a report of a foreign news agency, the incident of overturning of a passenger boat took place in the Mediterranean Sea near the African country of Libya, where the engine of the boat exploded and the boat sank at sea.

The boat was carrying more than 80 people trying to enter Europe illegally, killing 45 people.

According to media reports, local fishermen rescued 37 people who were taken into custody, including five children who drowned.

Immigrants from African countries Senegal, Mali, Chad and Ghana were migrating in hopes of a brighter future, which the United Nations called the worst event of the year.

According to foreign media reports, 17,000 illegal immigrants have reached Italy and Malta by sea from Libya and Tunisia this year.