Death toll rises to 24 after four boats capsize off coast last month
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- 05 May 2022
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The death toll following the capsizing of four boats last month off the coast of Tunisia has reached 24.
The number of people killed after their boats capsized late last month during an attempt to leave Tunisia for Europe has risen to 24, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
Four boats capsized off the coast of the central Tunisian port city of Sfax on the night of April 22-23.
While 97 people were rescued, 24 have now been found dead, including women and children, said Sfax court spokesman Mourad Turki.
Authorities previously said they had recovered 17 bodies.
The morgue of Sfax hospital, the only one in the region to receive the bodies of migrants, has taken delivery of 92 such corpses in recent months; which are mostly of sub-Saharan Africans.
It is struggling to cope with the influx as "there is no space left" in a nearby cemetery for migrants, Turki said.
He added that around 40 bodies had been laid on the floor for lack of space.
Most Tunisian municipalities refuse to take charge of the corpses of those washed up. Read More…
