Tunisia authorities are recovering the bodies of migrants

The Tunisian National Guard stated in a statement, on Monday, that it rescued Sunday night-Monday nights from sub-Saharan who were trying to reach Europe, and recovered 18 bodies belonging to other immigrants also descending from sub-Saharan countries.

Pictures of the Coast Guard of the National Guard showed exhausted individuals, sometimes providing tools for floating, especially women and children, some of whom seemed dead.

The survivors were rescued in several operations in the Sfax region (central east) after their boats turned.