TUNIS: Forty migrants from Africa were found dead on Wednesday following a shipwreck off Tunisia while 30 were rescued, a judicial spokesman told AFP. “Initial investigations indicate that there were 70 people on board the vessel,” said Walid Chtabri, spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office in Mahdia. “Forty bodies, including infants, were recovered, and 30 people were rescued,” Chtabri added. Tunisia, whose coast is some 145 kilometers from the Italian island of Lampedusa, is a key transit country for thousands of African migrants seeking to reach Europe by sea each year.

Quaranta migranti subsahariani, inclusi alcuni neonati, sono morti dopo che la loro imbarcazione si è capovolta al largo della costa di Salakta, nel governatorato di Mahdia, in…

Si capovolge il barcone su cui erano a bordo, 30 in salvo (ANSA)