[Reuters]The death toll has risen to at least 112 people after a boat packed with migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia on Saturday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. ALSO READ: Italy sparks fears of new crisis in EUSixty-eight others - from Tunisia and elsewhere - were rescued by the coastguard. It was five miles from the Kerkennah Islands and 16 nautical miles from the city of Sfax, the interior ministry said. Each passenger on the fishing boat paid between €600 and €1,000 ($700-$1,170; £530-£880), an IOM spokesman told the AFP news agency. Unemployed Tunisians and other Africans often seek to cross the Mediterranean Sea in makeshift boats from Tunisia to Sicily in Italy.

Source: Standard Digital June 05, 2018 05:48 UTC