Oct. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –
On Tuesday afternoon, the Tunisian Coast Guard rescued 22 irregular migrants, all of them of Tunisian origin, off the island of Los Querquenes, an event that occurred just one day after confirming the death of 15 migrants, including They were three babies, as a result of a shipwreck off their coast.
The General Administration of the Tunisian National Guard has reported that eight men, seven women and seven children have been rescued around 7:30 p.m. (local) 46 kilometers from the aforementioned island, according to a statement published on its website. social Facebook.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the boat left from the town of Tina (next to the city of Sfax, usually used by migrants to leave for Europe) during the night from Sunday to Monday.
After this, the authorities have concluded that it is the same boat of which images were shared on social networks and about which there was speculation regarding its possible shipwreck, although all its passengers are in good health.
More than 1,100 migrants have perished this year in the waters of the central Mediterranean, according to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which however warns that these are conservative statistics since they assume that there are incidents that are impossible to record due to lack of information.
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