At least 35 migrants killed after boat sinks off Tunisia’s coast
At least 35 asylum seekers from sub-Saharan Africa have drowned off the coast of Tunisia while trying to cross the Mediterranean and reach Italy, Tunisian officials said.
The boat sank off the coast of Mahdia, said Houssem Jebabli, a national guard official, without giving further details.
The latest deaths come as Italian officials on the island of Lampedusa said that a record 2,000 asylum seekers had arrived in Lampedusa within 24 hours.
According to United Nations, more than 12,000 migrants who landed on Italy's shores this year left from Tunisia. (ILKHA)