Nineteen African Migrants Die When Boat Sinks off Tunisia – Group

TUNIS (Reuters) – No less than 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off the Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights group mentioned on Sunday, the newest migrant boat catastrophe off Tunisia.

Within the final 4 days, 5 migrant boats have sunk off the southern metropolis of Sfax, leaving 67 lacking and 9 useless, after a big enhance in boats heading in direction of Italy.

(Reporting by Tarek Amara, enhancing by Robert Birsel)

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