Death toll from Tunisia migrant shipwreck rises to 54
The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying migrants off the Tunisian coast has risen to 54 as more bodies were recovered during the search operations.
The boat, heading for Italy’s coast on Saturday, sank off the Tunisian city of Sfax.
Tunisian search teams recovered the bodies of 13 men and women on Thursday, according to the defence ministry.
Earlier in the week, the bodies of two toddlers and 20 adults washed up on the beaches of Kerkennah Island off the Mediterranean coastal city of Sfax, and 19 other bodies were found floating in nearby waters.
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