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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Tunisia Recovers Bodies of 13 Migrants, Including Six Children

A file photo shows Tunisia’s coastguards retrieve the bodies of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after their boat capsized, at the port of Sfax in central Tunisia on December 24, 2020. (AFP)

Tunisian authorities recovered the bodies of 13 migrants, including six women and six children, after their boats capsized trying to make the dangerous sea crossing to Italy, a court official said Saturday.

The migrants were all from sub-Saharan Africa and had set off in two boats, said Mourad Turki, spokesman for the court in the Mediterranean port city of Sfax.

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