PROTESTS ERUPT IN TUNISIAN TOWN AS SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 37 MISSING MIGRANTS
Photo Credit: Santi Palacios
A boat said to be carrying some 37 irregular migrants and asylum seekers has gone missing off the coast of Sfax in Tunisia.
Relatives described receiving final phone calls at around 2:30pm on January 11, as the boat was setting out to sea. By around 10pm the same night, all contact with the boat and its passengers had been lost.