Nearly seventy migrants, including nine Moroccans, are believed to have disappeared following the sinking of a makeshift boat that left Libya on Friday to reach the Italian coast. According to figures quoted by the twelve survivors, relayed by the Tunisian media Kapitalis, there would be nearly 70 missing persons in this tragedy, including 51 people from Bangladesh, 9 from Morocco, 3 from Egypt as well as Sub-Saharan nationals. The twelve survivors of the tragedy that occurred, Friday, May 10, off Sfax, were transferred to the care center of the Zarzis Red Crescent in Tunisia. Four among them are hospitalized in a critical condition. For its part, the Tunisian national army continues its research at sea, the same media says. These irregular migrants took off last Thursday from Libya aboard a large boat but their smugglers abandoned them in a smaller boat where they spent 8 hours floating. Several among them drowned, say the survivors, who were discovered by a Tunisian fishermen's boat.
