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2018-06-03

Location: Kerkennah Islands (Tunisia)


11 migrants dead and another 67 rescued, Tunisians and other nationalities. This is the first toll of a shipwreck that occurred during the night off the Kerkennah Islands, in Tunisia, according to the Interior Ministry. The rescue units of the Tunisian navy, the note reads, intervened after the SOS for a fishing boat in distress. According to local sources, over 100 people were traveling on board the boat. The Tunisian Coast Guard is continuing search operations.

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