Some 20 Moroccan illegal immigrants die in shipwreck

Bodies of twenty Moroccan illegal immigrants have been retrieved after their boat capsized off the Tunisian Chott Mariem coast as they were heading to Italy, Moroccan sources said in Tunis.

The boat, carrying 75 clandestine immigrants including 5 Tunisians and 70 Moroccans, capsized one hour after it left the Tunisian shores on Saturday night. 11 people have been rescued, including 10 Moroccans and a Tunisian.

Tunisian authorities have arrested 126 Moroccans who were getting ready to travel to Italy clandestinely.