Tunisia's coast guard and navy on Monday rescued 174 migrants from two boats which broke down as they headed from Libya to Italy, AFP correspondent and Red Crescent reported. The Red Crescent said the migrants -----90 on one boat and 84 on the other ----- sent out a distress call from off the coast of southeastern Tunsia. The migrants, who nationals were not immediately available were evacuated to the Tunisian port of Zarzis. Rescuers managed to save 144 people and were still searching for others after their vessel overturned 128 kilometres off Libya. The UN refugee agency says that at least 3,500 people died in 2014 of more than 218,000 migrants who crossed the Mediterranean.
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