Tunis/Tunisia — A unit of the National Navy, on Friday, recovered the body of an irregular migrant east of Zarat, 8 miles from the Tunisian coast, said spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, Major Mohamed Zekri.
The same source said after the sinking of a boat carrying about 10 irregular migrants on August 19, 2018 off the western coast of Djerba, the National Guard units searched for the bodies of the missing and recovered 5 bodies. Units of the Ministry of National Defence have recovered two bodies so far and one of the migrants survived after reaching the Tunisian coast.
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