![Members of Tunisia’s National Guard intercept a raft of irregular migrants hailing from sub-Saharan Africa off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia, in October of 2022.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OKQU37WRXFC5FM42T7IRDN6FZA.jpg?auth=8a8eacbf2411285c835cb4f76bff9326bccefecde0e3060b80c87a8fa3b5eefe&width=414&height=233&focal=2053%2C1140)
Trapped in Tunisia: The deadly coast of clandestine immigration to Europe
The number of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Tunisia has skyrocketed in the first four months of 2023. Between January and April, 498 individuals disappeared in shipwrecks while en route to Italy