Nineteen bodies were recovered off the Tunisian coast, a common departure point for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the coast guard reported.
The bodies were found near Mahdia and Sfax, Tunisia's second-largest city, where recent tensions between migrants and police have escalated.
This year, over 49,000 individuals have reached Europe by sea, with more than 7,000 traveling from Tunisia to Italy.
Thousands more have been stopped by North African forces, and the UN's International Organisation for Migration estimates 473 are dead or missing.
The trial of 40 Tunisian activists and opposition figures, which began on Tuesday, has been postponed until April 11, according
According to the NGO Sea Watch, over 30 migrants, including 2 children are stranded on an oil rig off Tunisia.
Libyan Army Chief Lt. Gen. Mohamed Haddad met Tunisian military leaders and Defense Minister Khaled Al-Sahili in Tunis on Sunday
The al-Qaeda-linked Jamaa for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for an ambush that killed 11
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