This Tunisia?
Nearly 200 Tunisian migrants have arrived on the Italian island of
Lampedusa in the past three days as weather conditions improved.
Two boats carrying about 130 irregular migrants arrived early on
Monday morning. One boat with about 40 migrants had left from the
Tunisian island of Djerba, and the second boat carrying
approximately 90 migrants had departed from Zarzis.
Their arrival follows that of about another 53 irregular
migrants on Sunday 20 February on two boats which were intercepted
by Italian authorities.
The first boat, which arrived on Sunday morning carrying 13
migrants, had left from Djerba while the second with about 40
migrants departing from Sfax, arrived on Sunday evening.
Rough seas and storms had prevented boats from leaving Tunisia
last Friday but improved weather conditions and a calmer sea saw
the first arrival of the weekend when a boat carrying 13 Tunisians
arrived on the morning of 19th February. The migrants told IOM
staff on Lampedusa they had left from Djerba.
The migrants, all young male adults say they left Tunisia for
Europe for differing reasons. Although some left in the search for
work or protection, others say they wanted to join family already
in Europe, including one man who showed IOM staff a picture of his
young daughter with whom he wants to be reunited.
https://www.iom.int/news/nearly-200-tunisian-migrants-arrive-lampedusa-recent-days-sea-conditions-improve