12 unidentified migrant bodies found washed up off Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s coast guard has recovered the bodies of 12 migrants found washed up on the coast. That’s according to the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights, which closely follows migration. The group said Saturday that the migrants drowned in a shipwreck off the Tunisian coast while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to the shores of Italy. The bodies found on Nabeul Beach in Tunisia’s northeast were transported to a regional hospital morgue for DNA testing to determine nationalities and ages. Since the beginning of the year, several people have drowned off the coast of the North African country, and officials have noted an increase in the number of attempted crossings toward Italy.