An African woman, waiting for a chance to cross to Europe, sits on a dock in Sidi Mansour, about 270km southeast of the capital Tunis, on April 22, 2021. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
TUNIS – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday the death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia at the weekend rose to 25, amid fears that 35 others in the same boat have drowned.
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It said the vessel was carrying 60 migrants, most of them from Syria and Tunisia.
