Tunisia recovers nine bodies after shipwreck with 52 migrants on board
- February 15, 2024
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The Tunisian Coast Guard was restored this Thursday bodies of nine people who died when a boat with 52 migrants on board capsized while sailing off the coast
The Tunisian Coast Guard was restored this Thursday bodies of nine people who died when a boat with 52 migrants on board capsized while sailing off the coast of Libya, the security authority said.
Tunisian coast guard intercepts boat with survivorswhich was shipwrecked in the Mediterranean Sea, six of them were injured and taken to the Zarzis Regional Hospital, the National Guard added.
Photo: Tunis-3115 – V101, by Dennis Jarvis. PROMOTION CC BY-SA 2.0
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi visited Libya last Wednesday to discuss with his counterpart Imad Taraboulsi the rise in migration flows from the North African country to Europe, which, along with neighboring Tunisia, main starting points of the Central Mediterranean migration route.
So far this year 3,993 migrants landed in ItalyAccording to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), most of them are from the Libyan coast. Of those people who arrived in Italy, 2,836 left Libya and 1,157 left Tunisia.
Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya by an MSF boat. Photo: Reuters
EU signed last year a memorandum of understanding with Tunisia, motivated mainly immigration control in exchange for financial support European for the macroeconomic stability of the North African country.
this week A boat carrying at least 17 Tunisians disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea, and last Thursday the Tunisian National Guard discovered the bodies of 13 Sudanese migrants after the boat carrying at least 42 people sank.
At least Since January, 113 people have died or gone missing. while crossing the Central Mediterranean towards Europe, according to UNHCR data as of February 13.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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