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At least seventeen Tunisians who were on a migrant boat heading towards the Italian coast are reported missing, a local official said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The missing people, including a five-year-old child, had set sail last week on a fishing boat from Bizerte in northern Tunisia last week, Reuters reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coast guard and Navy forces, supported by helicopter, are reported to have begun search operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2023, a total of 1,300 Tunisian irregular migrants were reported missing, while more than 17,000 irregular migrants attempting to cross to Europe by sea had reached the continent, according to a statement issued on Feb. 6 by the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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