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Tunisia migrants: At least 29 die off coast
At least 29 migrants have died after at least two boats sank off Tunisia's coast within hours of each other, officials say.
The sub-Saharan migrants were trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy.
- Cecilia Macaulay
- BBC
It is the latest in a string of migrant boat capsizes off Tunisia’s coast in the last few days, with five others sinking in the past four days.
This comes after Tunisia launched a campaign against undocumented African migrants.
Meanwhile, Italian officials on the island of Lampedusa say they are overwhelmed, after a record 2,500 migrants arrived in the last 24 hours.
The Italian far-right Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has warned Europe risks seeing a…