At Least 43 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Tunisia, Red Crescent Says

At Least 43 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Tunisia, Red Crescent Says
A life raft off Libya's coast in a file photo. Federico Scoppa/AFP via Getty Images
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TUNIS—At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, the Tunisian Red Crescent told Reuters on Saturday.

The boat had set off from Zuwara, on Libya’s northwest coast, carrying migrants from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Bangladesh, the humanitarian organization said.