African nation seeks radical solutions as drowned migrants overwhelm and cemeteries fill up.

Tunisia is facing a public health crisis as the bodies of drowned migrants, including children and pregnant women, wash ashore on its coast. Morgues and cemeteries are overflowing, and authorities are considering "radical solutions" such as quickly allocating a cemetery for immigrants and providing refrigerated trucks to transport decomposing bodies. The first three months of 2023 have been the most fatal for people escaping Africa for Europe since the migrant crisis in 2017, with more than 800 bodies washing ashore in the region of Sfax last year. Tunisia's coast guard has prevented more than 14,000 migrants from departing in boats during the first three months of this year.