At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, humanitarian organisation the Tunisian Red Crescent told Reuters news agency on Saturday.
The boat that set off from Zuwara, on Libya’s northwest coast, included migrants from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh,adds the news outlet.
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