65 dead as boat capsizes in Mediterranean Sea

As many as 65 people have died after a boat carrying them capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia. So far four bodies have been fished out and search operations are underway.

Tunis (Tunisia): As many as 65 people have died after a boat carrying them capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia, according to United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).

Media reports say that so far four bodies have been fished out and search operations are underway.

According to United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) report the boat was carrying 70 refugees and migrants from Libya.

UNHCR considers the Mediterranean sea as the world's "deadliest sea crossing".

The UNHCR report said that one in every 14 people died on the route from Libya to Europe last year.

A UN report said, on an average six refugees and migrants died every day while crossing the sea in 2018.