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11 juin 2017 : Chemseddine Marzoug dans le local du croissant rouge tunisien de Zarzis. A Zarzis, sur le littoral tunisien, frontalier de la Libye, Chemseddine Marzoug, ancien pêcheur au chomage, offre bénévolement depuis 10 ans une sépulture de sable aux noyés de la Méditerranée. Bénévoles pour le croissant rouge tunisien Chemseddine et son collègue Mohamed Trabelsi enterrent depuis 10 ans les corps des migrants trouvés en mer ou échoués sur les plages du sud tunisien dans un cimetière improvisé dans une décharge municipale. En cette saison de printemps, les morts sont très nombreux 27 corps ont été repêchés ce dernier mois.

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11 juin 2017 : Chemseddine Marzoug dans le local du croissant rouge tunisien de Zarzis. A Zarzis, sur le littoral tunisien, frontalier de la Libye, Chemseddine Marzoug, ancien pêcheur au chomage, offre bénévolement depuis 10 ans une sépulture de sable aux noyés de la Méditerranée. Bénévoles pour le croissant rouge tunisien Chemseddine et son collègue Mohamed Trabelsi enterrent depuis 10 ans les corps des migrants trouvés en mer ou échoués sur les plages du sud tunisien dans un cimetière improvisé dans une décharge municipale. En cette saison de printemps, les morts sont très nombreux 27 corps ont été repêchés ce dernier mois.

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June 11, 2017: Chemseddine Marzoug and Mohamed Trabelsi at the Tunisian Red Crescent office in Zarzis put on their gear to recover the bodies of migrants. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to give those who have drowned in the Mediterranean a burial in the sand. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have spent the last 10 years burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: Chemseddine Marzoug and Mohamed Trabelsi at the Tunisian Red Crescent office in Zarzis put on their gear to recover the bodies of migrants. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to give those who have drowned in the Mediterranean a burial in the sand. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have spent the last 10 years burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: Chemseddine Marzoug and Mohamed Trabelsi at the Tunisian Red Crescent office in Zarzis put on their gear to recover the bodies of migrants. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to give those who have drowned in the Mediterranean a burial in the sand. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have spent the last 10 years burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: Chemseddine Marzoug and Mohamed Trabelsi at the Tunisian Red Crescent office in Zarzis put on their gear to recover the bodies of migrants. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to give those who have drowned in the Mediterranean a burial in the sand. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have spent the last 10 years burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: Chemseddine Marzoug and Mohamed Trabelsi at the Tunisian Red Crescent office in Zarzis put on their gear to recover the bodies of migrants. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to give those who have drowned in the Mediterranean a burial in the sand. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have spent the last 10 years burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: After receiving training from NGOs, they have been working for the past month to register, collect information, photograph the bodies to identify them, and keep records of each buried migrant. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast near the Libyan border, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for 10 years to provide a sandy burial for those who have drowned in the Mediterranean. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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11 juin 2017 : Chaque monticule de sable correspond à un corps, un homme, une femme ou un enfant mort dans leur voyage vers un meilleur avenir. A Zarzis, sur le littoral tunisien, frontalier de la Libye, Chemseddine Marzoug, ancien pêcheur au chomage, offre bénévolement depuis 10 ans une sépulture de sable aux noyés de la Méditerranée. Bénévoles pour le croissant rouge tunisien Chemseddine et son collègue Mohamed Trabelsi enterrent depuis 10 ans les corps des migrants trouvés en mer ou échoués sur les plages du sud tunisien dans un cimetière improvisé dans une décharge municipale. En cette saison de printemps, les morts sont très nombreux 27 corps ont été repêchés ce dernier mois.

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11 juin 2017 : Chaque monticule de sable correspond à un corps, un homme, une femme ou un enfant mort dans leur voyage vers un meilleur avenir. A Zarzis, sur le littoral tunisien, frontalier de la Libye, Chemseddine Marzoug, ancien pêcheur au chomage, offre bénévolement depuis 10 ans une sépulture de sable aux noyés de la Méditerranée. Bénévoles pour le croissant rouge tunisien Chemseddine et son collègue Mohamed Trabelsi enterrent depuis 10 ans les corps des migrants trouvés en mer ou échoués sur les plages du sud tunisien dans un cimetière improvisé dans une décharge municipale. En cette saison de printemps, les morts sont très nombreux 27 corps ont été repêchés ce dernier mois.

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June 11, 2017: On Ras Lemssa Beach, south of Zarzis—where several bodies were found last week—there are numerous remnants of migrants’ life jackets, jackets, shoes, and other clothing. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast bordering Libya, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for the past 10 years to give those who have drowned in the Mediterranean a burial in the sand. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have spent the last 10 years burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on beaches in southern Tunisia in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: On Ras Lemssa Beach, south of Zarzis—where several bodies were found last week—there are numerous remnants of migrants’ life jackets, jackets, shoes, and other clothing. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast bordering Libya, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for the past 10 years to give those who have drowned in the Mediterranean a burial in the sand. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have spent the last 10 years burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on beaches in southern Tunisia in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: Off the coast of Ras Lemssa, south of Zarzis, the hulls of the stranded migrant boats are no mirage. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast bordering Libya, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been voluntarily giving the victims of the Mediterranean a burial in the sand for the past 10 years. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for the past 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: Off the coast of Ras Lemssa, south of Zarzis, the hulls of the stranded migrant boats are no mirage. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast bordering Libya, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been voluntarily giving the victims of the Mediterranean a burial in the sand for the past 10 years. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have been burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on the beaches of southern Tunisia for the past 10 years in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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June 11, 2017: On Ras Lemssa Beach, south of Zarzis—where several bodies were found last week—there are numerous remnants of migrants’ life jackets, jackets, shoes, and other clothing. In Zarzis, on the Tunisian coast bordering Libya, Chemseddine Marzoug, a former fisherman who is now unemployed, has been volunteering for the past 10 years to give those who have drowned in the Mediterranean a burial in the sand. As volunteers for the Tunisian Red Crescent, Chemseddine and his colleague Mohamed Trabelsi have spent the last 10 years burying the bodies of migrants found at sea or washed up on beaches in southern Tunisia in a makeshift cemetery at a municipal landfill. This spring, the death toll has been very high—27 bodies were recovered last month.

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