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Tunisia rescues 41 illegal immigrants off eastern coast

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Migrants are seen at the Libya-Tunisia border in Ras Ajdir, Libya, on July 26, 2023. [Xinhua]

Tunisia's maritime guards on Tuesday rescued 41 undocumented immigrants from sinking boats and retrieved one body off the country's eastern coast, said the Tunisian National Guard.

The national guard said in a statement via its Facebook account that the illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa were rescued off the coast of Sfax province.

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