27 migrants die off Tunisia, 83 rescued, in shipwrecks: civil defence

Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday. The rescued and dead passengers, who were found off the Kerkennah Islands off central Tunisia, were aiming to reach Europe and were all from sub-Saharan African countries, said [...]The post 27 migrants die off Tunisia, 83 rescued, in shipwrecks: civil defence appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

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