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29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by eyesoflagos(op): 9:27am On Mar 27, 2023
Tunisia’s coast guard recovered 10 bodies from a migrant boat which sank near the coast, the second vessel to sink within hours off Tunisia, bringing the death toll to 29, according to a security official.

Houssem Jebabli, a national guard official, said that the boat sank off the coast of Mahdia, without giving further details.

Earlier on Sunday, a human rights group said at least 19 refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa had drowned off the coast of Tunisia while trying to cross the Mediterranean and reach Italy.

Romdhane Ben Amor, an official at the Forum for Social and Economic Rights (FTDES), told the Reuters news agency that the deaths also occurred when a boat carrying the refugees and migrants sank off the coast of Mahdia after a journey that started from Sfax beaches.

He said the Tunisian coast guard was able to rescue five people from the boat.

Tunisian authorities were not immediately available for comment.

Reports of the deaths came as Italy’s ANSA news agency said more than 2,000 asylum seekers had arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa within 24 hours.

The agency described the arrivals on Saturday as a “record”.

In the last four days, at least five boats carrying refugees and migrants have sunk off the southern city of Sfax, leaving 67 missing and nine dead.

The coast guard previously said it had stopped about 80 boats heading for Italy in the past four days and detained more than 3,000 people, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries.

The coast near Sfax has become a major departure point for people fleeing poverty and conflict in Africa and the Middle East in the hope of a better life in Europe.

The latest disaster comes amid a campaign of arrests by Tunisian authorities of undocumented sub-Saharan Africans.

According to United Nations data, at least 12,000 people who reached Italy this year set sail from Tunisia, compared with 1,300 in the same period of 2022.

Previously, Libya was the main departure point for refugees and migrants.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/3/26/another-boat-sinks-off-tunisia-killing-19-african-asylum-seekers

Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Xscape1993(m):
This life is not easy.... African rulers making it more harder for citizens to live...If not bad governance in Africa, what would these potentials be doing in this sea?
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by ThatrealestApex: 12:46pm On Mar 27, 2023
Too bad embarassed embarassed embarassed

All in the name of trying to search for greener pastures embarassed embarassed

May their Souls R.I.P embarassed

Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by vengertime: 12:46pm On Mar 27, 2023
Na wa o, we need to eliminate all these old African leaders so that we can grow as an African

Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Aust1n(m): 12:46pm On Mar 27, 2023
I believe say out of the 29 about 25 go be Nigerians… Due to the situation of the country. Make God just dey help us
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by tolexy007(m): 12:46pm On Mar 27, 2023
cry
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by sukkot: 12:46pm On Mar 27, 2023
shocked
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Seyi8750: 12:46pm On Mar 27, 2023
Bb
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by manuelcc(m): 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
Hmm
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Authoreety: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
Yute
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by sylve11: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
Hustling for survival, died while trying to survive.

It's sad and all I can say is "Journey we'll". sad cool
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Dindondin: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
And many are still on their way.
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Odunharry(m): 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
it is well ..
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by yesloaded: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
Truly, country is not smiling but that doesn't warrant going on suicide mission

Please stop using boat to cross into another country all in the name of japa by all means

Rip to the dead
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by babesiosis: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
Nawa oo..as we they talk now, some people they prepare to embark on thesame journey. All these 50/50 risk no worth am.
Make God have mercy.
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Nobody: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
They're in a better place now.

At least fish won't go hungry today 🥹
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by YeyeGbami: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
In search of greener pastures.
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by paymentvoucher: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
JAPAING happens everywhere, We Nigerians should stop washing our dirty linen outside

NIGERIA will be great again!
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Risingblue008(m): 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
Their country failed Dem,
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by raphretle: 12:47pm On Mar 27, 2023
Can never be me risking my life like that
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by thisisit: 12:48pm On Mar 27, 2023
NAIRA SCARCITY
PETROL SCARCITY
SUBSIDY REMOVAL.. LOADING..

PUSHING PEOPLE INTO UNSAFE AND IRREGULAR MIGRATION
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by MrPADDY(m): 12:48pm On Mar 27, 2023
God have mercy. The rich are getting richer. On their way to get richer, they can even kill the poor. So much poverty in Africa.
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by usecondom(m): 12:48pm On Mar 27, 2023
Terrible way to die
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by b0rn2fuck(m): 12:48pm On Mar 27, 2023
99.9 % of African leaders will there looting mentality and nothing to take with them to their grave as plunge us into mess, as Dem no even gree do slavery, Africa are offering themselves as slave through migrating while the followers who only fed on left overs defending them up and down, such is happening in Nigeria at moment.
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by PixelPlexus: 12:48pm On Mar 27, 2023
The struggle and husstle is real....Rip
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by ajepako(f): 12:49pm On Mar 27, 2023
Gradually

Mediteranea sea is becoming cemetary and grave to Africa migrants

No thanks to poor leadership of African leaders

Sad
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by We4all: 12:49pm On Mar 27, 2023
These people will never learn. Some risks ain't just worth it.
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Nobody: 12:50pm On Mar 27, 2023
I don't really feel sorry for them.

They got what they wanted.
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by ArcSEMPECJ(m): 12:50pm On Mar 27, 2023
Nawaooh...Europe by road...

Most of them have walked from the desert before reaching Tunisia ......

Just because of bad Leaders .......

Why not take this energy to fish out those bad Leaders so the country can be sanitized huh
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Chirowman(m): 12:50pm On Mar 27, 2023
How people risk their lifes , just to travel abroad.
Re: 29 African Migrants Trying To Cross To Italy Die As Boat Sinks In Tunisia by Kingpele(m):
This is what bad leadership is all about..is not as if they were risking their lives to get to heaven .but rather they were running away from the wicked activities of our greedy political class to better their lives ..this is why we want Peter obi to be president of Nigeria .because we saw a new Nigeria in him .but blind urchins felt it was an igbo project and call us ipob . they forgot igbos voted for a yoruba man obasanjo 1999 and even in 2003 even though Ojukwu was in ballot as a presidential candidate of APGA and he couldn't win èven his own state Anambra..we didn't see it as a yoruba agenda or oduduwa .but we now presented a credible president in Peter obi who has less political issues than others..the blind urchins call it whatever their slave masters told them it was ..then they voted a sick old man whose corruption started in early 70s in Chicago where he was trading drugs .we even voted yaradua in 2007. yet urchins are too blind to see we the obident family all over the country want a better country .so that they won't have to travel in boats trying to escape the country or walk through Sahara desert to escape the country..blind urchins this news is for u..your slave masters (politicians) will take their pregnant wives to America and EU to have their children so that the children will enjoy the basic benefits of citizenship of a foreign country ,but here they decieve u to believe that those who live in your land is trying to take your lands from u ..someone who was born or who reside in lagos state can not participate in the local politics of lagos even when we all know that everyone in lagos will benefit or suffer from the policies of the government of the state...yet they claimed to be logical and smart ...if not God ..I will pray that the next set of people who will drown in ocean trying to go to Europe will be the poor urchins who worship their oppressors online and offline..but I won't...if we deal with the leadership of this Country..we will be going to America and EU just for vacation and not to escape Nigeria ..and I pray Peter obi is able to retrieve his stolen mandate of sane people in this country...I don't see what APC has done for the past 8years to deserve another term of 4years
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