This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the local radio station Mosaique FM.

According to the radio station, the boat, on board which were about 30 people, sank near the Tunisian islands of Kerkenna.

Children are said to be among the dead.

The Coast Guard is currently searching for the missing.

Earlier it was reported that police found the bodies of more than 40 illegal migrants in a camper in the suburbs of San Antonio, Texas.

This number was later increased to 53. It is noted that the migrants were smuggled into the US from Mexico.