Eleven people are dead. A boat carrying migrants capsized off Tunisia's coast on 22 August, leaving two bodies recovered and about 12 people unaccounted for when search teams arrived.
By 24 August, Xinhua reported the death toll had reached at least 11. Search operations continued in the days that followed, though early reports did not confirm how many people survived.
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