At least 17 Bengali migrants drown off Tunisia in shipwreck, says Red Crescent

At least 17 Bengali migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, whereas greater than 380 have been rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent stated on Wednesday.
The boat had set off from Zuwara, on Libya’s northwest coast, carrying migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Mali and Bangladesh, the humanitarian organisation stated. “17 Bengali died and more than 380 other migrants rescued in a boat that set off from Libya’s Zuwara towards Europe,” Red Crescent official Mongi Slim stated.
In latest months, a number of folks have drowned off the Tunisian coast, with a rise within the frequency of attemptedcrossings to Europe from Tunisia and Libya in the direction of Italy because the climate has improved.

Hundreds of hundreds of individuals have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing in recent times, lots of them fleeing battle and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.
Arrivals in Italy, one of many fundamental migrant routes into Europe, had been falling in recent times, however numbers picked up once more in 2021.