Twenty-eight Tunisian illegal migrants were rescued on Friday, 35 nautical miles from the south-east of Kerkennah Island, while en route to the Italian coast.

According to a statement of the Defense Ministry, one woman and a baby were also on board the makeshift boat that sailed in the night of Wednesday to Thursday from the Zarzis coast of the governorate of Medenine.

Transported to the port of Zarzis, the migrants were delivered to the National Guard units of the region to take the necessary measures against them.