A new tragedy with the victims of 39 immigrants took place off it Tunisia on Tuesday (9/3).
The two sailboats that were carrying them capsized while trying to cross the Mediterranean with the destination of Lampedusa, pointed out the representative of the Tunisian Ministry of Defense Mohamed Zekri. “All the migrants who drowned were from sub-Saharan Africa,” he added.
The Coast Guard rescued 165 others Immigrants and the search for other survivors continues off the coast of Sfax, said National Guard official Husem Jembli.
According to the Athenian News Agency, four children are among the dead.
In 2019, about 90 African migrants drowned when a boat carrying them capsized off the Tunisian coast after leaving neighboring Libya for Europe, in one of the worst disasters of its kind to be managed by the Tunisian authorities.
The coastline near the Tunisian port city of Sfax has become a major departure point for people fleeing conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East, seeking a better future in Europe.
The number of Tunisian migrants landing off the coast of Italy has increased fivefold to 13,000 in 2020, according to a human rights group, which attributed the increase to the difficult economic situation facing Tunisia.
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