Ten Migrants Died In Ship Accident In The Mediterranean

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JAKARTA - Ten migrants died in the Mediterranean after their ship sank in an accident. But 51 others on the ship were rescued.

The REuters, RESQSHIP, which operates a migrant rescue ship called Nadir, said on social media platform X they found 61 people aboard a water-filled wooden boat, with 10 people dead trapped on the bottom deck.

The charity said two of those who survived were unconscious and received medical treatment.

RESQSHIP did not provide details about where or when rescue operations were carried out. But according to marine traffic.com tracking service, Nadir was off the coast of the Sfax port in eastern Tunisia on Monday, June 17.

The United Nations has recorded more than 20,000 deaths and people missing in the central Mediterranean since 2014, making it the most dangerous migrant crossing site in the world.

Earlier this month 11 bodies were found from the offshore sea of Libya.