Tunisia Opens Cemetery For Mediterranean Migrants

Tunisia Opens Cemetery For Mediterranean Migrants

Tunisia Opens Cemetery For Mediterranean Migrants

Tunisia Opens Cemetery For Mediterranean Migrants A cemetery for migrants who drown in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe has been formally opened in the southern Tunisian town of Zarzis. It is already half full. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the head of the UN’s cultural agency Unesco spoke of an "unfolding tragedy". Audrey Azoulay paid tribute to what she called the "castaways who perished in pursuit of a better life". Many buried at the site, called the Garden of Africa, were unidentified, and have no name on their headstones. They lie in graves surrounded by olive trees, vines…
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