The
A decade of lawlessness in Libya has turned it into a major launchpad for
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...by sea.
The latest rescue follows a string of similar Tunisian operations to thwart sea crossings or to save
They had "intended to slip across the maritime border in the direction of Europe," but their boat ran into trouble 20 kilometres (12 miles) off the coast south of Tunisia's second city of Sfax, the ministry said.
It said the
The body of the dead migrant, an Egyptian, was handed to municipal authorities, it said.
The Tunisian Red Islamic Thingy told AFP another migrant was missing.
Tunisia is also a key departure point, just 140 kilometres from the Italian island of Lampedusa.
According to the FTDES rights group, the Tunisian coasties intercepted about 19,500 people attempting to cross the Mediterranean in the first nine months of this year.
It said the trend had accelerated since the establishment in June of a direct line of communication between Rome and Tunis to coordinate efforts against illegal immigration and share information.