At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have died when their boat sank off the coast of On Sunday, sources said that Tunisia was trying to cross the Mediterranean into Italy latest Migrant boat disaster off Tunisia.
In the last Four days, five immigrant boats sank off Southern city of Sfax leaving 67 missing and nine deadafter a large increase in Boats heading towards Italy.
The Tunisian Coast Guard rescued five people from the boat off the coast of Mahdia after a trip launched from the shores of Sfax … Ramadan bin Omar a official in the forum for The Social and Economic Rights Organization told Reuters.
Tunisian authorities were not immediately available for comment.
The coast guard said it had stopped about 80 boats from heading out for Italy in past Four days and arrested more More than 3,000 immigrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa countries.
The coast near Sfax became a major staging post for people Escape from poverty and conflict in Africa and the Middle East in Hope of better life in Europe.
the latest Disaster comes in In the midst of of a campaign of Arrests by the Tunisian authorities of Undocumented Sub-Saharan Africans.
According to United Nations data, at least 12,000 migrants who Italy reached this year set Sailing from Tunisia, compare with 1300 in same period of 2022. Previously, it was Libya main point of departure for immigrants.
According to FTDES statistics, the Tunisian Coast Guard prevented more More than 14,000 immigrants from somewhere off in boats through first Three months of this yearcomparison with 2,900 over the same period last year.
said the Italian Coast Guard on Al-Khamis rescued about 750 migrants in two operations off Southern Italian coast.
Europe risks seeing a huge wave of arrival of immigrants on its shores from North Africa if financial stability in The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, said that Tunisia is not a protectorate on Friday. Meloni called on International Monetary Fund and some countries to help Tunisia quickly to avoid its collapsing.
At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have died when their boat sank off the coast of On Sunday, sources said that Tunisia was trying to cross the Mediterranean into Italy latest Migrant boat disaster off Tunisia.
In the last Four days, five immigrant boats sank off Southern city of Sfax leaving 67 missing and nine deadafter a large increase in Boats heading towards Italy.
The Tunisian Coast Guard rescued five people from the boat off the coast of Mahdia after a trip launched from the shores of Sfax … Ramadan bin Omar a official in the forum for The Social and Economic Rights Organization told Reuters.
Tunisian authorities were not immediately available for comment.
The coast guard said it had stopped about 80 boats from heading out for Italy in past Four days and arrested more More than 3,000 immigrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa countries.
The coast near Sfax became a major staging post for people Escape from poverty and conflict in Africa and the Middle East in Hope of better life in Europe.
the latest Disaster comes in In the midst of of a campaign of Arrests by the Tunisian authorities of Undocumented Sub-Saharan Africans.
According to United Nations data, at least 12,000 migrants who Italy reached this year set Sailing from Tunisia, compare with 1300 in same period of 2022. Previously, it was Libya main point of departure for immigrants.
According to FTDES statistics, the Tunisian Coast Guard prevented more More than 14,000 immigrants from somewhere off in boats through first Three months of this yearcomparison with 2,900 over the same period last year.
said the Italian Coast Guard on Al-Khamis rescued about 750 migrants in two operations off Southern Italian coast.
Europe risks seeing a huge wave of arrival of immigrants on its shores from North Africa if financial stability in The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, said that Tunisia is not a protectorate on Friday. Meloni called on International Monetary Fund and some countries to help Tunisia quickly to avoid its collapsing.