Several people have drowned off the Tunisian coast In recent months
TUNIS: At least 12 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy on Friday, a civil protection official told Reuters.
The official added that the 12 bodies that were recovered off the coast of Nabeul were mostly of Syrian migrants. A search was still under way.
In recent months, several people have drowned off the Tunisian coast, with an increase in the frequency of attempted crossings to Europe from Tunisia and Libya towards Italy.
Hundreds of thousands of people have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing in recent years, many of them fleeing conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.
Arrivals in Italy, one of the main migrant routes into Europe, had been falling in recent years, but numbers picked up again in 2021.
SOURCE: REUTERS
Pakistan, Qatar vow to further strengthen strategic partnership
- 3 گھنٹے قبل
Security forces kill four terrorists in DI Khan IBO: ISPR
- 10 گھنٹے قبل
Pakistan set 165-run target for England in Super 8 clash
- 5 گھنٹے قبل
Imran Khan’s sister Noreen Niazi injured after falling into under-construction sewer line
- 10 گھنٹے قبل
Met office forecasts dry weather in most parts of country
- 10 گھنٹے قبل
Senate passes resolution rejecting Israeli statement, reaffirms support for Palestine
- 11 گھنٹے قبل
USS Gerald Ford, world’s largest aircraft carrier, at US base on Crete
- 5 گھنٹے قبل
Gold prices continue to surge in Pakistan, global markets
- 10 گھنٹے قبل
Six cops including DSP martyred in Kohat attack
- 10 گھنٹے قبل
England defeat Pakistan by 2 wickets and reach T20 World Cup semi finals
- 3 گھنٹے قبل
The Pixel 10A and Soundcore Space One are just two of the best deals this week
- 11 گھنٹے قبل
Pakistan, Qatar review trade & economic cooperation
- 5 گھنٹے قبل
