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Passengers onboard the makeshift boat were trying to reach Europe from neighbouring Libya

At least 17 migrants drown off Tunisia in shipwreck -Red Crescent 07/21/2021 21:42 TUNIS (Reuters) -At least 17 Bengali migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Wednesday. The boat had set off from Zuwara, on Libya's northwest coast, carrying migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Mali and Bangladesh, the humanitarian organisation said. "17 Bengali died and more than 380 other migrants rescued in a boat that set off from Libya's Zuwara ...

Thu Jul 22, 2021 09:02 AM At least 17 Bangladeshi migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Wednesday. The boat had set off from Zuwara, on Libya's northwest coast, carrying migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Mali and Bangladesh, the humanitarian organisation said. "17 Bengali died and more than 380 other migrants rescued in a boat that set off from Libya's Zuwara towards Europe," Red Crescent official Mongi Slim said. In recent months,...

  >>  Reuters Published: 22 Jul 2021 08:00 AM BdST Updated: 22 Jul 2021 08:00 AM BdST At least 17 Bengali migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Wednesday. "); } The boat had set off from Zuwara, on Libya's northwest coast, carrying migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Mali and Bangladesh, the humanitarian organisation said. "17 Bengali died and more than 380 other migrants rescued in a boat that set off from Libya's Zuwara towards...