TUNIS: Tunisian coast guard forces recovered the bodies of eight Tunisian migrants whose boat sank at the weekend en route to Italy, while the search continued for six others still missing, a National Guard spokesperson said on Sunday. Coast guard, military and civil protection teams, backed by two helicopters, continued to search for the missing migrants. The boat, which set off early on Thursday with 15 mostly young people on board, sank off the Tunisian coast this weekend, and so far only one person had been rescued, the head of a migrant rights group said on Saturday.

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…

Thousands of people have died since 2014 trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe.