Migrations. Tunisia intercepts the departure of boats carrying 1,178 people

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Migrations. Tunisia intercepts the departure of boats carrying 1,178 people

In the city of Sfax, patrols arrested nine people involved in migrant smuggling networks and seized several vessels. Most of the migrants from the intercepted vessels came from countries in sub-Saharan Africa. On Wednesday, the Tunisian coast guard thwarted four crossings to Europe in an operation that recovered two bodies and rescued 180 people. Tunisia registered a decrease in migrant outflows this year on the Central Mediterranean route, afte…