A migrant shipwreck off the Tunisian coast has resulted in the recovery of 20 bodies. Five survivors were rescued, but the number of people on board remains unknown. This tragedy highlights the dangerous conditions faced by migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
Tunisia n authorities recovered the bodies of 20 people who appeared to have drowned after a shipwreck off the country’s Mediterranean coastline, near a popular point of departure for migrants attempting to reach Europe by boat. The country's National Guard said in a statement on Wednesday that coast guard members dispatched to the sinking ship rescued five people and retrieved the bodies of 20 others 15 miles (24 kilometers) off the coast north of Sfax.
The coastline is roughly 81 miles (130 kilometers) from the Italian island of Lampedusa. The National Guard said that it continued to search for missing people and did not indicate how many may have been on board when the ship set off. This area is notorious for migrant crossings, and authorities regularly report drownings and corpses washing ashore. The iron boats that migrants and smugglers use to attempt to cross the Mediterranean are often unseaworthy. Though there is no official count, international groups and Tunisian NGOs believe hundreds have perished at sea this year. The United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, estimates more than 1,100 have died or gone missing in the central Mediterranean off the coasts of Tunisia and Libya. The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights believes between 600 and 700 people have died or gone missing off the coast of Tunisia
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