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At least four migrants have drowned and another 10 are missing after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia, the BBC reported. The Tunisian coastguard said they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. The coastguard managed to rescue 44 people from the overcrowded boat which sank off …

At least 160 migrants attempting to reach Italy have been rescued off the Tunisian coast, the Tunisian navy said. The rescue took place off the coast near Sfax in the south-east. Most of the migrants are Tunisians and children were also among them, the navy said. Last year more than …