Six children among 13 migrants found dead off Tunisia
Rescuers pulled 37 migrants from the water on Friday and Saturday but a dozen more remained unaccounted for, he told AFP.
Tunisia and neighbouring Libya are key departure points for migrants seeking to reach European shores, often in vessels that are barely seaworthy.
The United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR has said that around 1,300 migrants drowned or went missing in the central Mediterranean in 2021, making it the world’s deadliest migration route.
The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 18,000 migrants have died or disappeared while attempting to make the crossing since 2014.