Tunisia’s coast guard recovered 10 bodies from a migrant boat which sank near the coast, the second vessel to sink within hours off Tunisia, bringing the death toll to 29, a security official told Reuters.
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Houssem Jebabli, a national guard official, said that the boat sank off the coast of Mahdia, without giving further details.
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