(MENAFN) Tunisian Maritime Guard has been able to capture an illegal immigration boat carrying 14 people which departed from Italy.
Houcem Jbabli, the general directorate spokesman of Tunisian Maritime Guard confirmed: "This (immigration) attempt failed Monday at dawn in Nabeul province in northeastern Tunisia."
Coast guard units nabbed 13 people, with a woman among them, meanwhile, the trafficker jumped into the water and fled.
Illegal immigration is often bounded from the northeast and central-east coast of Tunisia, towards the Italian coast, particularly the island of Lampedusa in southern Italy.
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