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34 migrants declared missing after boat capsized off Tunisia's coast

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 24 Mar 2023 23:38
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The boat was reportedly heading to Italy's island of Lampedusa, the landing point for tens of thousands of migrants each year from North Africa, which is located at about 150 kilometres (90 miles) away from Tunisia's coastline.

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    Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sit in a makeshift boat in the Mediterranean Sea (AFP)

In this fifth shipwreck over the past two days, the fourth in the past month, 34 sub-Saharan migrants are reported missing after their boat capsized off Tunisia's coast, a Tunisian court official said on Friday. 

The boat reportedly carried 38 people on board and was set off on Thursday near Sfax, court spokesman Fawzi El Masmoudi told AFP.

It was trying to get to Italy's island of Lampedusa, the landing point for tens of thousands of migrants each year from North Africa, which is located about 150 kilometers (90 miles) away from Tunisia's coastline.

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