Eleven bodies recovered after boat carrying migrants sinks off Tunisia

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Eleven bodies were recovered by Tunisia's coastguard after a boat carrying 15 Tunisian migrants sank en route to Italy. Search efforts continue for three missing persons, with only one survivor rescued so far amid ongoing rescue operations assisted by helicopters.

TUNIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Eleven bodies have been recovered by Tunisia's coastguard after a boat carrying Tunisian migrants sank at the weekend en route to Italy, with three others still unaccounted for, the National Guard said on Sunday. Coastguard, military and civil protection teams, backed by two helicopters, continued to search for the missing. The boat, which set off early on Thursday with 15 mostly young people on board, sank off the Tunisian coast, and so far only one person was rescued alive, the head of a migrant rights group said on Saturday.