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2021-12-26 Africa North
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Tunisians rescue 48 illegal migrants at sea
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[AlAhram] Tunisian coastguards have rescued 48 illegal migrants colonists trying to reach Europa
 ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
from neighbouring Libya in a makeshift boat, the North African country's Red Islamic Thingy said on Saturday.
Red Islamic Thingy official Mongi Slim said the migrants colonists were intercepted and rescued off Zarzis when their boat broke down.
Libya, which plunged into civil war following the 2011 toppling and killing of leader Moamer Qadaffy, has become a major route for migrants colonists seeking to reach Europe to escape poverty and conflict.
The rescued migrants colonists were taken to El Ketef port before being transferred to International Organization for Migration (IOM) premises, Slim said.
A separate Tunisian defence ministry statement said the navy had rescued 28 migrants colonists aged between 14 and 33 off Zarzis on Thursday. They had also departed from Libya.
The IOM says that 23,000 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean since 2014 while trying to reach Europe -- including nearly 1,700 this year.
On Tuesday the IOM said at least 160 migrants colonists drowned off Libya's coast after their boats sank over the previous week.
The Italian island of Lampedusa is located just 140 kilometres (less than 90 miles) from Tunisian shores. 
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