The Tunisian coast guard recovered 901 our bodies of drowned migrants off its coast from Jan. 1 to July 20 this yr, the nation’s inside minister, Kamel Feki, stated on Wednesday, marking an unprecedented variety of victims off the nation’s coasts.
The North Africa nation is going through a report wave of migration this yr and frequent catastrophes of the sinking of boats of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa heading to Italian coasts.
Tunisia changed Libya because the area’s important departure level for folks fleeing poverty and battle in Africa and the Middle East within the hope of a greater life in Europe.
Feki informed parliament that amongst 901 our bodies discovered have been 36 Tunisians and 267 foreigner migrants, whereas identities of the remainder have been unknown.
Most of the boats carrying migrants depart from the coast of the southern metropolis of Sfax.
Thousands of undocumented migrants have flocked to the coastal metropolis of Sfax in current months with the aim of setting off for Europe in boats run by human traffickers, resulting in an unprecedented migration disaster for Tunisia.
Some 75,065 boat migrants had reached Italy by July 14 in opposition to 31,920 in the identical interval final yr, official knowledge confirmed. More than half left from Tunisia.
The European Union and Tunisia signed in July a “strategic partnership” deal that features combating human traffickers and tightening sea borders throughout a pointy enhance in boats leaving the North African nation for Europe.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
