Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean
Rome, ItalyReuters Forty-one migrants are thought to have died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, Italian authorities and United Nations agencies said on Wednesday, citing survivors who have been taken to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Local public prosecutor Salvatore Vella and three UN agencies confirmed media reports that four people who […]
Migrants dead, missing after shipwrecks off Italy, Tunisia
Rome, ItalyReuters Two people died and around 30 more are missing at sea after two migrant shipwrecks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the coastguard said on Sunday, adding that 57 people had been rescued. In a separate operation, 34 migrants were airlifted by helicopter from a cliff in Lampedusa on which they had […]
Tunisia recovers 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast this year
Tunis, TunisiaReuters The Tunisian coast guard recovered 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast from 1st January to 20th July this year, the country’s interior minister, Kamel Feki, said on Wednesday, marking an unprecedented number of victims off the country’s coasts. A view shows boats that were used by migrants and seized by Tunisian […]
Tunisia removes hundreds of migrants to desert border region – rights group, lawmaker
Tunis, TunisiaReuters Tunisia has removed hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants to a desolate area along the border with Libya, a local rights group and a lawmaker said on Wednesday, with witnesses reporting dozens more put on outbound trains following days of violence. Disturbances between migrants and residents went on for a week in the port […]
Tunisia finds 70 drowned migrants, morgues running out of space
Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Coastguards have pulled the bodies of at least 70 drowned migrants from waters off Tunisia, where morgues are running out of space and authorities are struggling to contain a surge in crossings, officials said on Monday. Another two boats sank on Monday near the coastal city of Sfax, Faouzi Masmoudi, a judicial […]
Five African migrants die, 28 missing after boat sinks off Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia Reuters At least five African migrants died and another 28 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, an official of a local rights group said. Romadan Ben Omar, the official in the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, said that coast guard […]