The girl was discovered stranded on a beach located on an island in the Kerkennah archipelago, not far from Lampedusa. His identity is unknown.
The body of a little girl was found washed up on a beach in Sidi Founkhal, off Sfax, in the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia, on December 24, reports Mediapart this Sunday. The investigative media points to the recurrence of shipwrecks of migrant boats as they try to reach Europe and the trivialization of the treatment of these tragedies in the media.
The child, about three years old, was discovered by chance by a resident of the city of Sfax, who took her picture. She appears face down, wearing a pink jacket. His identity is not known.
“(The discovery) was a shock,” the 20-year-old told the online media, indicating that he quickly informed the authorities who recovered the body.
A place of passage
The same day as that of this discovery, the bodies of three sub-Saharan adults were also found on this Tunisian beach.
The archipelago of the Kerkennah islands, located about 150 km from the Italian island of Lampedusa, is regularly the scene of dramas involving migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean towards Europe.
The photo of the body of a young Syrian migrant, Aylan Kurdi, found on a Turkish beach aroused the emotion of the general public in Europe in 2015.
