At least 71 migrants were rescued from a boat that sank off the coast of Tunisia en route to Italy. Among them are at least 37 Bangladeshis, the government said on Tuesday. the Tunisian National Guard. The boat of migrants stopped; capsized while on its way to Italy from nearby Libya.

Rescuers rescued 71 migrants from the coast, National Guard spokesman Hosem Edin Jebali told AFP. 37 are Bangladeshi nationals. There are also eight Moroccans, four Sudanese, seven Algerians, two Canadians and one Tunisian.