A German civilian group has rescued nearly 50 migrants stranded on an abandoned oil platform in the central Mediterranean.
Tunisia is a major starting point for illegal immigrants as they try to sneak into the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The infant belonged to a family from Guinea, and his mother was a minor.
Thousands of illegal immigrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean every year.
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Demonstrators took to the streets of Niger’s capital Niamey on Thursday in a show of support for the country’s military junta, a week after a military coup.
The wall-to-wall coverage of the implosion of The Titan and the short shrift that the deaths of over 500 migrants received…reecho the Shakespearean line about beggars.
According to initial information, the migrants were on a fishing boat, which broke apart in heavy seas, after which some drowned.
Four tugs were used to pull the ship and take it away for repairs.
According to migrants, the smugglers charge between €3,000 and €5,000 ($3,000 to $5,000) per head per trip.
On Saturday the Tunisian coast guard said four boats, carrying 120 African migrants headed for Italy, had sunk off the coast near the city of Sfax.
