TUNIS, Tunisia — A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of southern Tunisia , killing at least two people and leaving 12 missing, Tunisia’s national guard said Saturday. One survivor was rescued.
The city witnessed a similar tragedy in 2022, when a boat carrying 18 people went missing. The boat had set off early Thursday, and a commercial ship found the sole survivor Saturday in a life jacket, Mosaique reported, citing testimony from the survivor.
In July, Amnesty International said EU support for border control in Tunisia continued to fuel serious rights violations. It said refugees and asylum seekers were being “deliberately trapped in a system that offers neither protection nor a safe way out.” The incident sparked weeks of protests as families accused authorities of failing to properly search for their relatives and burying some recovered bodies without identifying them or informing their families. Rights groups have raised concerns about the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Tunisia since the EU agreement, including reports of collective expulsions, racial violence, arbitrary detention and abuses against Black migrants.
