More than 50 feared drowned after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
by Agence France-Presse in Tunis from World news | The Guardian on (#5HZ48)
Rescuers found 33 survivors from Bangladesh clinging to oil platform in Mediterranean, says defence ministry
More than 50 people are feared to have drowned after their boat heading from Libya to Europe sank, Tunisia's defence ministry has said.
Mohamed Zikri, a defence ministry spokesperson, said 33 survivors of the shipwreck were picked up after clinging to an oil platform off the southern coast of Tunisia.
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