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Europe migrant crisis: Boat sinks off Tunisia drowning 43
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TUNIS, 04 July 2021, (TON): Tunisian Red Crescent says that forty-three migrants have drowned after their boat sank off Tunisia.
The migrants had set off from the Libyan port of Zuwara and were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
A further 84 were rescued by the Tunisian navy, said the head of Tunisia's Red Crescent head Mongi Slim.
Summer weather has seen an increase in migrants trying to reach Europe from north Africa.
The boat, was carrying people from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh, the Red Crescent said. The vessel capsized after its engine broke down.
According to Tunisia's defence ministry “those rescued, off the Tunisian fishing port of Zarzis, were aged between three and 40.”
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