Tunisia finds 58 bodies on its beaches
12:50, 11 May 2011
PARIS. May 11. KAZINFORM Tunisia's government says that 58 bodies were discovered in April on the country's Mediterranean beaches, likely migrants headed to Europe in small boats that sank; Kazinform refers to Arab News.
The official TAP news agency quoted an Interior Ministry statement Tuesday as saying the bodies, mostly males, were found by the coast guard on beaches of central and southern Tunisia - the closest points to the Italian island of Lampedusa.
More than 20,000 Tunisian migrants have fled home amid unrest since Tunisia's autocratic leader was ousted Jan.14; Kazinform cites Arab News.
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