Tuesday, 18 September 2012



Boat carrying 139 immigrants stopped off Tunisian coast

18:51 18 SET 2012 

(AGI) Tunis - A boat carrying 139 immigrants to Italy has been stopped by the Coast Guard off the Tunisian coast according to the local TAP news agency which emphasized that most of those on board came from southern Tunisia. The vessel was stopped off the Island of Djerba. On September 7th another vessel carrying over 100 Tunisians sunk off the island of Lampedusa and only 56 people were saved.