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Tunisia coastguard recovers 29 bodies after migrant vessels capsize

Migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. (Credit: AFP archive photo)

Tunisia's coastguard said Sunday it had recovered the bodies of 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries after three vessels capsized.

It also "rescued 11 illegal migrants of various African nationalities after their boats sank" off the central eastern coast, it said in a statement, citing three separate incidents.


Tunisia's coastguard said Sunday it had recovered the bodies of 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries after three vessels capsized.

It also "rescued 11 illegal migrants of various African nationalities after their boats sank" off the central eastern coast, it said in a statement, citing three separate incidents.

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