At least 43 were missing after a migrant boat sank off the southeastern coast of Tunisia, news agency AFP reported, quoting Red Crescent. The boat was carrying more than 120 migrants.

“Eighty-four migrants were rescued and 43 others disappeared after a boat carrying 127 migrants sank off the coast of Zarzis” on Friday night, Mongi Slim of the Red Crescent told AFP, adding that the vessel had set off from Libya’s coast.

The vessel had set off from Libya‘s coast, he added, citing the accounts of survivors.

The Tunisian navy rescued “84 illegal migrants of various nationalities” including from Bangladesh, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan, the defence ministry said.

The survivors picked up off Zarzis were aged between three and 40, the ministry said, without giving any number for those missing.

It said that the boat had departed the port of Zuwara, in northwestern Libya during the night between Monday and Tuesday.