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Four migrants die, 10 others missing after a migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast

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TUNIS (Reuters) - At least 4 migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia on Thursday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a security official said.

Four migrants die, 10 others missing after a migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast

TUNIS (Reuters) – At least 4 migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia on Thursday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a security official said.

The coastguard rescued 44 migrants aboard the overcrowded boat which sank off the coast of Louza in Sfax governerate.

(Reporting By Tarek Amara)

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