More than 50 migrants drown as boat capsizes off Tunisia’s coast

Boat carrying 90 people left Libya on Sunday and sank off Tunisia’s coast the following day

At least 57 migrants and refugees have drowned off the coast of Tunisia, while 33 were rescued by workers from an oil platform after a boat that departed from northern Libya sank on Monday. Tunisian Defence Ministry spokesperson Mohamed Zekri said on Tuesday that the boat capsized off Sfax, on Tunisia’s southeast coast. He said that personnel on the oil platform who saw the boat going under alerted authorities, and navy units were sent in to search the water for missing passengers.