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Forty Tunisian migrants missing after setting off in a boat toward Italy coast

Forty Tunisian migrants missing after setting off in a boat toward Italy coast

ABOUT 40 Tunisian migrants were missing after setting off in a boat toward the Italy coast last week, the national guard said. Tunisia is facing a migration crisis and has replaced Libya as a main departure point for people fleeing poverty and conflict in Africa and the Middle East in the hope of a better life in Europe. National Guard video footage showed coast guard ships supported by aircraft searching for the missing people.
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At least 39 die as two migrant boats sink

At least 39 die as two migrant boats sink

AT least 39 migrants died when two boats sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Tunisian defence ministry said yesterday. The coastguard rescued 165 others, and searches for more survivors are still ongoing off the coast of Sfax, ministry spokesman Mohamed Zekri said. All the dead migrants were from sub-Saharan Africa, he added. 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 and seeking a better life in Europe. In 2019, about…
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