43 missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia: Red Crescent
TUNIS- Agence France-Presse
At least 43 people were missing off the southeastern coast of Tunisia after a boat carrying more than 120 migrants sank, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on July 3.
"Eighty-four migrants were rescued and 43 others disappeared after a boat carrying 127 migrants sank off the coast of Zarzis" on Friday night, Mongi Slim of the Red Crescent told AFP, adding that the vessel had set off from Libya’s coast.