At least 29 migrants found dead after several shipwrecks in Tunisia

At least 29 migrants found dead after several shipwrecks in Tunisia

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have drowned in the sinking of three boats off Tunisia, the coast guard announced on Sunday.

Twenty-nine bodies were found and the coast guard “rescued eleven illegal migrants of several African nationalities after the sinking of their boats” off the coast of central-eastern Tunisia, according to a press release which mentions three separate shipwrecks.

A Tunisian trawler has recovered 19 bodies after 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.

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