Since the beginning of the year, the bodies of the 901 illegal migrant have been found off the coast of Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea.
This was stated in parliament by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tunisia Kemal al-Fiki.
According to him, from the bottom 36 citizens of Tunisia, 267 foreigners. It was not possible to establish the identity of the rest of the migrants.
The minister also noted that for the specified period it was possible to save 15,327 illegal migrants.
Al-Fiki said that security forces intend to take border protection measures in order to reduce the number of illegal migrants in the waters of the country.