GRAPHIC CONTENT The bodies of illegal immigrant lie on the shore of al-Qarbole, some 60 kilometres east of Tripoli on August 25, 2014 after a boat carrying 200 illegal immigrants from sub-Sahara Africa sunk off the Libyan capital two days earlier. Libya, which is mired in unrest and political chaos, has been a launchpad for illegal migrants seeking a better life in Europe but who turn to people smugglers to get them across the Mediterranean. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
Ministry of Defence has disclosed that the number of illegal immigrants killed after their boat sank off the southeastern coast of Tunisia on Sunday has risen to 48.
According to the ministry’s press officer Rachid Bouhawala, a total of 75 people have been rescued people so far, including 60 Tunisians, five from Sub-Saharan Africa, two Moroccans and one Libyan.
Relief operations are continuing in coordination with the army as well as units of the Maritime Guard and civil protection.
No fewer than 180 illegal immigrants were aboard the boat stranded off the island of Kerkennah on the southeastern coast of the country, including 80 African nationalities.
Kerkennah is known as one of the main illegal gateways to Europe from Tunisia.
Since the beginning of this year, about 1,910 Tunisian migrants have reached Italy by sea, according to the International Organisation for Migration.
The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights said in a study that 9,329 Tunisians attempted to cross the Mediterranean in 2017, with 34 per cent intercepted by Tunisian maritime forces.
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