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Tunisia migrant shipwreck death toll reaches 112

The coffins containing the bodies of those who drowned are collected in Sfax on the Tunisian coast. [Reuters]

The death toll has risen to at least 112 people after a boat packed with migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia on Saturday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says.

On Sunday, it was reported that some 50 people had died after it capsized.

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