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Dozens die in shipwrecks off Tunisia as 2025 is already deadly for migrants in Mediterranean

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By Catherine Nicholls, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 27 people have died after two boats carrying migrants sunk off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster Tunisia TV.

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    Dozens die in shipwrecks off Tunisia as 2025 is already deadly for migrants in Mediterranean (opens Local News 8)

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    By Catherine Nicholls, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 27 people have died after two boats carrying migrants sunk off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster Tunisia TV.

  2. Digital Journal

    27 sub-Saharan African migrants die off Tunisia in shipwrecks (opens Digital Journal)

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    Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official

  3. Al Jazeera

    At least 27 people killed, dozens rescued after two shipwrecks off Tunisia (opens Al Jazeera)

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    All the victims and those rescued were from sub-Saharan African countries, says director of civil protection in Sfax.

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