(Adnkronos) – New immigration tragedy off the coast of Tunisia. According to what an AFP spokesperson for the Mahdia city prosecutor’s office reported, 40 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa – including some minors – died in the shipwreck of the boat they were on off Salakta, a village on Tunisia’s southeastern coast not far from Mahdia. Another 30 people were rescued.
Migrants shipwreck off Tunisia, 40 dead, 30 rescued
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