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Tunisia coast guard recovers bodies of six African migrants

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Tunisian coast guards recovered the bodies of five African women migrants and a baby in waters off the town of Monastir, a judge said on Thursday.

These tragedies are frequent off the coast of Tunisia © Mena Today 

These tragedies are frequent off the coast of Tunisia © Mena Today 

Tunisian coast guards recovered the bodies of five African women migrants and a baby in waters off the town of Monastir, a judge said on Thursday.

Judge Farid Ben Jha told Reuters that the bodies had been recovered late on Wednesday and that the migrants had come from sub-Saharan Africa.

Reporting by Tarek Amara

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