Tunisian coast guards rescue African migrants stranded on a boat coming from Libya, near Sfax, on the Tunisian coast. (File photo: AFP)
At least 20 African migrants died when a boat carrying more than 50 people sank off Tunisia, an official said on Tuesday.
The bodies were found off the coast of Sfax on Tuesday, the official said. A total of 53 people had set out on the boat at the weekend aiming to reach Italy.
Coast Guard units and the army were searching for the other missing people.
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Last year, 86 African migrants drowned after their boat capsized having set off for Europe from Libya, in one of the worst such accidents in Tunisia.
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