Monitoring Desk
TUNIS: Authorities said on Saturday that at least five migrants died and another ten were missing following a boat sank off Tunisia, as they made an attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.
A judicial official told Reuters that the coastguard rescued twenty African migrants who had been on the overloaded boat, which sank off Louata in Sfax area.
Libya and Tunisia
The coastline of Sfax has become a key departure point for people fleeing poverty in the Middle East and Africa for a chance at a better future in Europe.
Hundreds of migrants have drowned off the Tunisian coast, with a surge in the frequency of attempted crossings from Libya and Tunisia towards Italy.
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Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights claimed that 18,000 Tunisians travelled by boats to Europe in 2022 due to an unprecedented financial crisis in Tunisia.
