Migrants and refugees in Tunisia

On 4 March, the NGO Sea-Watch finally rescued around thirty people stranded on a gas platform off the coast of Tunisia, putting an end to several days of suffering for the migrants, who were very weakened by the wait. Requests for help from Malta and Italy went unanswered, while Tunisia explained that weather conditions made access to the platform impossible.
On February 28, the Associated Press reported that Tunisian authorities had rescued 64 people after their boat sank off the country’s eastern Mediterranean coast following a fuel failure. The boat, which probably sailed from Libya, was carrying passengers of various nationalities, and no casualties were reported. The survivors were transported to the port of Chebba.

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