At least 13 Tunisians missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

One of the two survivors told rescuers they had been stranded at sea for hours after their vessel capsized; rescue operation conducted by coastguard ​units, backed by an aircraft and naval units

By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast while sailing towards Italy and two people have been rescued, the head of a

Tunisia was ‌once a major departure point for migrants crossing the Mediterranean, but departures have fallen sharply over the past two years amid a crackdown ‌and tighter maritime controls, backed by European ​funding and modern border-monitoring equipment, particularly from…