TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s coast guard says it has recovered around 210 bodies of migrants under two weeks that have washed up on the North African country’s central coastline amid an ongoing increase in migration. Preliminary examinations of the bodies indicated that the migrants were from sub-Saharan Africa, according to the National Guard’s Houssemeddine Jebabli. The number of bodies recovered was announced Friday. During her stay, the EU official met with Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar, Interior Minister Kamel Feki and Social Affairs Minister Malek Ezzahi. Migration to Europe has been on an upward climb, peaking in 2022 to 189,620, according to the International Organization for Migration.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 29, 2023 19:53 UTC