Dozens of Europe-bound migrants missing off Tunisia’s coast

By FRANCESCA EBEL and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA
Associated Press

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Rescue teams searched for dozens of people reported missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia’s coast. The International Organization for Migration reported on Wednesday that 30 people were rescued and 75 people were unaccounted for after the boat sank off the city of Sfax in southern Tunisia. Authorities say one body has been recovered. A Sfax courts spokesperson says the people rescued included Bangladeshis, Egyptians, Moroccans and Cameroonians. A humanitarian group conducted a separate rescue operation off Tunisia on Tuesday night. According to the U.N. migration agency, The central Mediterranean, which connects North Africa to Italy and Malta, is the world’s most dangerous migration route.