The Tunisian authorities announced that they had thwarted 26 illegal crossings of the maritime borders.
The Tunisian National Guard stated that the Naval Guard units were able to thwart 26 operations to cross the maritime borders on the coasts of Bizerte, Sfax and Mahdia.
The Naval Guard units managed to apprehend 1,080 illegal immigrants after their boats sank at sea, Tunisian National Guard added.
The Tunisian coasts have been witnessing for years a large influx of illegal African immigrants who wish to reach the southern coasts of the European Union countries as illegal immigration operations have recorded thousands of victims according to the statistics of the International Organization for Migration.
Source: Qatar News Agency