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Tunisia says 900 migrants drowned off its coast this year
More than 900 migrants have drowned off Tunisia's coast so far this year as they tried to reach Europe by boat, the North African country's government said Thursday. The interior ministry said 901 bodies had been recovered by July 20 following maritime accidents in the Mediterranean Sea. Tunisia has become a major gateway for irregular migrants and asylum-seekers attempting the perilous sea voyages in often rickety boats in the hopes of a better life in Europe. The distance between Tunisia's second city of Sfax and Italy's Lampedusa island is about 130 kilometres (80 miles). National Guard spokesman Houcem Eddine Jebabli earlier reported that almost 800 migrants had

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