Tunisia: Bodies of 901 Migrants Recovered Off Tunisia’s Coast in Seven Months

The coast guard previously said it had stopped hundreds of boats heading for Italy this year and detained more than 3,000 people.

The Tunisian coast guard recovered 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast from January 1 to July 20 this year, Reuters reported on Wednesday, quoting the country’s interior minister, Kamel Feki.

Mr Feki told parliament that among 901 bodies found were 36 Tunisians and 267 foreign migrants, while the identities of the rest were unknown.

This marks an unprecedented…