Samples haveactually been taken to recognize the bodies of the migrants and refugees ‘due to the degree of decay’.
Published On 28 Oct 2024
The bodies of 16 migrants and refugees haveactually been recuperated by Tunisia’s coastguard off the nation’s eastern coast, the National Guard states, the newest migrant boat catastrophe in the Mediterranean.
“The bodies were discovered at the weekend and on Monday … The victims have not been recognized duetothefactthat the bodies hadactually decayed,” a senior main in the National Guard, Houssem Eddine Jebabli, informed Reuters news company.
Samples haveactually been taken to determine the bodies “due to the level of decay”, stated Farid Ben Jha, representative for the Monastir and Mahdia governorates’ public prosecution.
He stated the bodies were discovered in 3 various locations in Mahdia, one of Tunisia’s hotspots for irregular migration.
Tunisia and neighbouring Libya have endupbeing secret departure points for migrants and refugees, typically from other African nations, who danger risky Mediterranean Sea journeys in the hopes of muchbetter lives in Europe.
Italy, whose Lampedusa island is just 150km (90 mile