Dozens of refugee bodies wash ashore every day in Tunisia

Tunis [Tunisia], May 1: The Guardian newspaper on May 1 reported that the Tunisian government is considering building new cemeteries, as the North African country lacks a place to bury the dozens of refugee bodies that wash up on the coast every day.
The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest since 2017 for those trying to cross the Mediterranean, with an increasing number of refugee ships sinking at sea in an attempt to cross the border to Europe, according to the United Nations. United Nations.
Bodies of both pregnant women and children often wash up on beaches in Tunisia before being collected and buried.
In response to the emergency, some localities in Tunisia allow the burial of refugees in local cemeteries. In one of the cemeteries in the coastal city of Sfax, authorities have chosen a site to bury the dead migrants.
According to the Tunisian Red Crescent, more than 800 bodies were discovered in the Sfax region alone last year, in addition to more than 300 this year. Funerals are held almost daily, morgues are overcrowded and many localities lack burial places.
Since January, more than 35,000 refugees have arrived on Italian shores, almost four times more than last year. Over the past month, there has been an increase in the number of boats carrying refugees trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), nearly 20,000 migrants have left Tunisia this year, in addition to 15,500 from Libya . However, more people leaving means more deaths.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper