21 migrants die in boat sinking

Tunisian authorities said they recovered the bodies of 21 migrants from subSaharan Africa, including nine women and a baby, whose boat sank Friday off the port city of Sfax.

The National Guard said there were only three survivors. Authorities continued to search the area of the sinking, as many as 17 people could be missing.

A survivor told the National Guard that the boat had set off the day before from in hope of reaching the Italian