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At least 13 Tunisians missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
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- 22 August, 2026
- 12:15
At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast while sailing towards Italy, and two people were rescued, the head of a migrant rights group said on Saturday, Report informs.
The boat set off early on Thursday, Mostafa Abdelkebir, the head of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights, told Reuters.
One of the two survivors told rescuers in a local boat they had been stranded at sea for hours after their vessel capsized.
The second survivor was in critical condition, said Abdelkebir, whose group monitors migration issues.
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