TUNIS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — Tunisia has foiled 88 illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean to Italy over the past three days, according to a statement by Tunisian National Guard on Thursday.
The statement from its Facebook said Tunisia’s maritime guard thwarted these illegal immigration attempts between Oct. 2 and Oct. 4 off the country’s coasts and rescued 1,131 illegal immigrants from sinking during the operations.
“Among the illegal immigrants, 543 are of different…
