At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have drowned in three shipwrecks off Tunisia.
Twenty-nine bodies have been recovered, the Tunisian coastguard said in a statement yesterday Sunday, adding that it had “rescued eleven illegal migrants of several African nationalities following the sinking of their boats” off the coast of central eastern Tunisia. Tunisia.
The press release reports three separate shipwrecks.
A Tunisian trawler has recovered 19 bodies following a boat sank 58 kilometers offshore.
A coastguard patrol found eight bodies off the coastal town of Mahdia and rescued 11 migrants whose boat heading for Italy capsized, while trawlers recovered two more bodies.
Several dozen migrants have died in a series of shipwrecks and others have been missing since President Kais Saied’s violent speech on February 21 on illegal immigration.
Sidwaya.info
Source: VOA
