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Tunisia Stops Rescued Migrants from Coming Ashore | |
2019-06-03 | |
[AnNahar] Tunisian authorities were on Saturday stopping 75 The After notifying authorities in Italia and Malta, the crew headed for the southern Tunisian port of Zarzis where authorities refused to allow the ship to dock. "We're in a critical situation, we're nearly 100 on board and we don't have more than two days of supplies of water and food," the captain told AFP by phone. Tunisian rights organization FTDES said the regional governor demanded government support before accepting the Tunisian authorities did not respond to AFP's requests for comment. The crew of the tug boat rescued 64 Bangladeshis, nine Egyptians, one Moroccan and one Sudanese,
Last month, around 60 There has been a significant reduction in rescue vessels operating in the Mediterranean Sea in recent months, with humanitarian boats facing legal woes as countries such as Italia impose a hardline migration policy. | |
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