Europe migrant crisis: Boat sinks off Tunisia drowning 43 Forty-three migrants have drowned after their boat sank off Tunisia, the Tunisian Red Crescent says. The migrants had departed from the Libyan port of Zuwara and were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to achieve Europe. A further 84 were rescued by the Tunisian navy, said the pinnacle of Tunisia’s Red Crescent head Mongi Slim. Summer weather has seen a rise in migrants trying to succeed in Europe from a geographic region. The boat, which set sail on Monday night, was carrying people from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Bangladesh, the Red Crescent said. The vessel capsized after its engine broke down. Those rescued, of the Tunisian fishing port of Zarzis, were aged between three and 40, consistent with Tunisia’s defense ministry. The Tunisian Red Crescent gave them food and drink while trying to find space to deal with them for the desired Covid isolation period, local media radio reported. Libya has been a key transit point for migrants from many countries trying to achieve Europe via the Mediterranean. But Tunisia has also become a significant hub and has called on the EU Union to pander to migration by helping fight poverty in Africa.
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