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The loss of life toll from numerous migrant shipwrecks off the Tunisian flit has risen to 17 other folks, a judicial legitimate mentioned on Sunday.
On Saturday the Tunisian flit guard mentioned four boats, carrying 120 African migrants headed for Italy, had sunk off the flit shut to the metropolis of Sfax.
Another 5 bodies were recovered on Sunday, together with to 12 found by the flit guard overnight, mentioned Mourad Turki, spokesperson for Sfax Courts.
The flit guard mentioned 98 other folks had been rescued.
The coastline of Sfax has turn into a significant departure level for fogeys fleeing struggle and poverty in Africa and the Center East and attempting to search out a wiser life in Europe.
In most trendy months, dozens of other folks possess drowned off the Tunisian flit, with an raise within the frequency of attempted crossings from Tunisia and Libya in direction of Italy.
A total bunch of thousands of other folks possess made the unsafe Mediterranean crossing in most trendy years.
(Reuters/NAN)
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