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19 African Migrants Die after Boat Sinks off Tunisia


At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights organization said on Sunday, in the latest disaster for a migrant boat off Tunisia.

Sun 26 Mar 2023 | 11:55 AM
19 African migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisia
19 African migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisia
By Amir Haggag

At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights organization said on Sunday, in the latest disaster for a migrant boat off Tunisia.

According to the Reuters News Agency, over the past four days, five migrant boats sank off the southern city of Sfax, leaving nine dead and 67 missing, after a significant increase in the number of boats heading towards Italy,

Yesterday, Saturday, the Tunisian

National Guard announced the recovery of nine bodies of drowned migrants off the coast of Sfax and the nearby city of Chebba, and nearly three thousand migrants were seized between March 22 and 24.