Today, the Tunisian authorities announced the recovery of 8 bodies of illegal immigrants in the sea area in Sfax, whose boat sank three days ago, bringing the number of bodies recovered to 33, after 25 bodies were recovered. According to the Tunisian National Guard, the Guard units rescued 72 immigrants from sub-Saharan African countries from drowning on Tuesday, and recovered 25 bodies from the Al-Lawata coast. On the coast of Kerkennah, the Guards units found four (4) bodies, one of which was an infant, which was likely to be of sub-Saharan origins that had been thrown out by the sea. It is worth noting that the Tunisian authorities had announced that they had arrested, during the first quarter of this year, more than 14,000 migrants who were trying to reach Italy, at a time when the government is facing pressure from its European partners to strengthen its efforts to curb waves of illegal immigration across the coast. east of the country.
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