18名非法移民在突尼斯海岸獲救

18名非法移民在突尼斯海岸獲救

18 illegal immigrants were rescued by Tunisia’s navy off the southeast coast, according to a statement released by the Defence ministry on Sunday.

根據突尼斯國防部周日發(fā)布的一份聲明，18名非法移民在東南海岸被突尼斯海軍營救。

The statement said that the rescue operation happened about 50 kilometres to the southeast of Zarzis in Medenine province. The group is said to have consisted of 17 Sudanese nationals and one Egyptian national.

聲明說，救援行動發(fā)生在麥登省扎爾茲東南約50公里處。據說該組織由17名蘇丹國民和1名埃及國民組成。

The statement added that it was confirmed that the immigrants had sailed from Libya towards the coast of Italy.

聲明還說，已經證實這些移民是從利比亞乘船前往意大利海岸的。

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On Saturday, the government said that that it had thwarted two illegal immigration attempts involving 94 immigrants off the coast of Sfax. 58 Tunisians and 36 people of various African nationalities were arrested in the operation.

周六，政府表示，他們已經擊破了兩起涉及94名移民的非法移民企圖，其中58名突尼斯人和36名非洲國籍的人在行動中被捕。

The summer season tends to coincide with a spike in illegal immigration attempts due to favourable weather conditions.

由于天氣條件良好，夏季往往與非法移民人數激增同時發(fā)生。

However, that does not make the journey any easier with Mediterranean Sea deaths in 2019 accounting for half of all global deaths recorded of migrants in transit, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

然而，根據國際移民組織(IOM)的數據，這并不能使旅途變得更輕松，2019年地中海死亡人數占到了全球所有過境移民死亡人數的一半。

Over 600 people have died in 2019 while attempting to make the dangerous crossing across the Mediterranean Sea.

2019年，有600多人在試圖穿越地中海時死亡。

At least 36,670 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 24 July, according to the IOM, representing a 35 per cent decrease from the same period in 2018.

根據國際移民組織的數據，截至7月24日，至少有36670名移民和難民通過海路進入歐洲，比2018年同期減少了35%。