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PHOTOS: The Mediterranean sea takes migrants from Tunisia and brings back bodies
The Mediterranean Sea has been robbing Tunisia of its young men, who abandon their homeland in hopes of a better life in Europe. At the closest points, Ras Jebel in the north and the Kerkennah Islands in the east, it’s a half-day sail if all goes well. But the sea often swallows the rafts whole, and their passengers disappear without a trace.
Updated on: Nov 01, 2018 5:35 PM IST
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This April 14, 2018 photo shows the beach from where migrants leave for Italy, in the town of Ras Jabal, Bizerte, Tunisia. Often the tides of the Mediterranean bring ashore the bodies and belongings of those who attempted a migration. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
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In this April 12, 2018 photo, women whose sons went missing look at the shoreline in the town of Ras Jabal, Bizerte, Tunisia. An Associated Press tally has documented at least 56,800 migrants dead or missing worldwide from 2014 to 2018 - almost double the number found in the world’s only official attempt to count them, by the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
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This April 15, 2018 photo shows migrants' shoes which were retrieved by artist Mohsen Lahzib, who tries to create beauty out of sorrow, at his space in the southern port town of Zarzis, Tunisia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
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This April 15, 2018 photo shows the belongings of migrants which were collected by artist Mohsen Lahzib, who tries to create beauty out of sorrow, at his space in the southern port town of Zarzis, Tunisia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
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Sofia Al Bahari holds a photo of her son, Majdi Al Barhoumi, who went missing in 2011, at her home in the town of Ras Jabal, Bizerte, Tunisia, on April 12, 2018. As global migration has soared to record highs, far less visible has been its toll: The tens of thousands of people who die or simply disappear during their journeys, never to be seen again. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
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In this April 14, 2018 photo, 32-year old Ahmed Ayouby, who wants to leave Tunisia, smokes a cigarette at the beach where migrants leave for Italy, in the town of Ras Jabal, Bizerte, Tunisia. From the closest points to Europe in Tunisia, Ras Jebel in the north and the Kerkennah Islands in the east, it's a half-day sail if all goes well. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
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Ahmed Ayouby, 32, left, and Mounir Aguida, 30, who want to leave Tunisia, stand at the beach where migrants leave for Italy, in the town of Ras Jabal, Bizerte, Tunisia, on April 14, 2018. In late August 2018, he crammed into a raft with seven friends, feeling the waves slam the flimsy bow. At the last minute he and another young man jumped out. “It didn’t feel right,” Aguida said. There has been no word from the other six. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
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In this April 12, 2018 photo, Fathia Jejli holds a photo of her son, Hossam Edin Jejli, right, and her nephew, Hamed Ben Brayek, who went missing in 2011, at her home in the town of Ras Jabal, Bizerte, Tunisia. As global migration has soared to record highs, far less visible has been its toll: The tens of thousands of people who die or simply disappear during their journeys, never to be seen again.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) (AP)
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