{"id":6409,"date":"2023-04-29T17:07:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T16:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6409"},"modified":"2023-04-30T21:15:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T20:15:19","slug":"more-200-migrants-bodies-found-on-tunisia-coast-in-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/more-200-migrants-bodies-found-on-tunisia-coast-in-two-weeks\/2023\/04\/29\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"More 200 migrants bodies found on Tunisia coast in two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

TUNISIA<\/span>\u00a0(AP)<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> Tunisian<\/span> Coast<\/span> Guard<\/span> says<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> recovered<\/span> the<\/span> bodies<\/span> of<\/span> some<\/span> 210<\/span> migrants<\/span> washed<\/span> up<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> North<\/span> African<\/span> country’s<\/span> central<\/span> coast<\/span> within<\/span> two<\/span> weeks<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> surge<\/span> in<\/span> migrants<\/span> continues.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> Houssemeddine<\/span> Jebabli,<\/span> a<\/span> preliminary<\/span> examination<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> body<\/span> revealed<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> migrants<\/span> were<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> National<\/span> Guard<\/span> of<\/span> Sub-Saharan<\/span> Africa.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> bodies<\/span> recovered<\/span> was<\/span> announced<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span> About<\/span> 70<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> 210<\/span> dead<\/span> migrants<\/span> found<\/span> in<\/span> 10<\/span> days<\/span> from<\/span> 18<\/span> April<\/span> came<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> beaches<\/span> of<\/span> East<\/span> Sfax,<\/span> which<\/span> borders<\/span> Kerkena<\/span> and<\/span> Mahdia,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> migrant<\/span> prosecutor<\/span> Fawzi<\/span> Masmoudi.<\/span> recovered.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>These<\/span> three<\/span> regions<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> are<\/span> the<\/span> starting<\/span> point<\/span> for<\/span> most<\/span> attempts<\/span> to<\/span> migrate<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Italian<\/span> coast,<\/span> including<\/span> trips<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> remote<\/span> island<\/span> of<\/span> Lampedusa,<\/span> he<\/span> added.<\/span> The<\/span> Habib<\/span> Bourguiba<\/span> Hospital<\/span> morgue<\/span> in<\/span> Sfax<\/span> is<\/span> overwhelmed<\/span> with<\/span> 30-40<\/span> morgues.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>To<\/span> ease<\/span> the<\/span> pressure<\/span> on<\/span> hospitals,<\/span> local<\/span> authorities<\/span> are<\/span> working<\/span> to<\/span> speed<\/span> up<\/span> the<\/span> burial<\/span> of<\/span> victims<\/span> after<\/span> DNA<\/span> testing<\/span> and<\/span> identification<\/span> by<\/span> loved<\/span> ones.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Romdhane<\/span> Ben<\/span> Amor,<\/span> spokeswoman<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Tunisian<\/span> Forum<\/span> for<\/span> Economic<\/span> and<\/span> Social<\/span> Rights<\/span> (FTDES),<\/span> a<\/span> non-governmental<\/span> organization<\/span> that<\/span> specializes<\/span> in<\/span> migration<\/span> issues,<\/span> said<\/span> local<\/span> authorities<\/span> last<\/span> year<\/span> built<\/span> a<\/span> special<\/span> cemetery<\/span> for<\/span> migrants.<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> committed<\/span> to<\/span> establish<\/span> Muslim.<\/span> “<\/span>
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\n<\/span>But<\/span> Cupid<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> this<\/span> was<\/span> not<\/span> over<\/span> yet<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> burial<\/span> place<\/span> was<\/span> becoming<\/span> difficult<\/span> to<\/span> find.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tunisia’s<\/span> foreign<\/span> ministry<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> visit<\/span> by<\/span> his<\/span> EU<\/span> Home<\/span> Affairs<\/span> Commissioner<\/span> Yilva<\/span> his<\/span> Johansson<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> that<\/span> Tunisia<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> EU<\/span> will<\/span> voluntarily<\/span> return<\/span> to<\/span> their<\/span> countries<\/span> of<\/span> origin<\/span> for<\/span> sub-Saharan<\/span> migrants.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>During<\/span> their<\/span> stay,<\/span> EU<\/span> officials<\/span> met<\/span> with<\/span> Tunisian<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Nabil<\/span> Amal,<\/span> Interior<\/span> Minister<\/span> Kamel<\/span> Feki<\/span> and<\/span> Minister<\/span> for<\/span> Social<\/span> Affairs<\/span> Marek<\/span> Ezahi.<\/span> Migration<\/span> to<\/span> Europe<\/span> is<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> rise,<\/span> peaking<\/span> at<\/span> 189,620<\/span> in<\/span> 2022,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Organization<\/span> for<\/span> Migration.<\/span> This<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> highest<\/span> level<\/span> since<\/span> 2016,<\/span> when<\/span> nearly<\/span> 400,000<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> displaced<\/span> from<\/span> their<\/span> homes,<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span> after<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> one<\/span> million,<\/span> mostly<\/span> Syrians,<\/span> fled<\/span> civil<\/span> war<\/span> in<\/span> 2015.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> North<\/span> African<\/span> country<\/span> serves<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> stepping<\/span> stone<\/span> to<\/span> Europe<\/span> for<\/span> many<\/span> sub-Saharan<\/span> Africans<\/span> who<\/span> do<\/span> not<\/span> require<\/span> a<\/span> visa<\/span> to<\/span> travel<\/span> to<\/span> Tunisia,<\/span> but<\/span> some<\/span> come<\/span> from<\/span> Libya,<\/span> which<\/span> borders<\/span> Tunisia.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TUNISIA\u00a0(AP) – The Tunisian Coast Guard says it has recovered the bodies of some 210 migrants washed up on the North African country’s central coast within two weeks as a surge in migrants continues. According to Houssemeddine Jebabli, a preliminary examination of the body revealed that the migrants were from the National Guard of Sub-Saharan […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562,1034,1575],"tags":[551,1096,2729,2738,4006,4017,4346,4347,4348],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sd.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6409"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6649,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409\/revisions\/6649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}