Tunisia navy rescues 78 migrants, one dead

Ben Guerdane, Tunisia (AFP) Dec 15, 2021

Tunisia's navy rescued 78 migrants on Wednesday and retrieved the body of another after their boat sank off the country's coast during a bid to reach Europe, the defence ministry said. The migrants, mostly Bangladeshis and Egyptians aged from 12-45, had set off the previous night from Abu Kammash just across the border in neighbouring Libya near Zawara, it said. A decade of lawlessness i