Last Saturday, the Tunisian Coast Guard thwarted 7 irregular emigration operations off the coast of Sfax and Monastir, arresting a total of 182 migrants from various African countries.
This was announced by the spokesman for the National Guard, on facebook, also specifying that 3 bodies were recovered off the coast of Sfax.
According to the spokesman of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Mediterranean, Flavio di Giacomo "more than 530 migrants have died in the Central Mediterranean since January of this year, almost 200 more than in the same period of 2021".
(Unioneonline / vl)
