Twenty-seven Bangladeshis are among the migrants who died in a boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea, says the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.
The overcrowded vessel sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia on Friday, killing at least 65 people.
Of the 16 people rescued by Tunisian fishermen, 14 were Bangladeshis.
According to a statement issued by the Red Crescent, the victims are Nasir (Noakhali), Kamran (Tongi), Zillur Rahman, Limon Ahmed, Abdul Aziz, Ahmed, Zillur, Rafique, Ayat, Amajal, Kasim Ahmed, Khokan, Rubel, Monir, Belal, Maruf and Ripon (Sylhet), Jalal Uddin and Al-Amin (Kishoreganj), Mahbub (Sunamganj), Sajib (Madaripur), Parvej and Kamrun Ahmed Maruf (Shariatpur), Shamim and Fahad (Moulavibazar), Mahbub and Nadim (Sunamganj).
BDRCS’ Restoring Family Links (RFL) wing director Imam Zafar Sikder said they have confirmed the identities of 27 Bangladeshis after talking to four Bangladeshi survivors over phone through an official of Tunisia Red Crescent.
He also said five bodies have been recovered.
Earlier, the BDRCS opened hotline numbers to establish contact with family members of the victims and survivors of Friday’s boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea.
The hotline numbers are 88-02-49354246 and 01811458521.
On Sunday, Foreign Minister AKA Momen told reporters that 30 to 35 Bangladeshi were feared dead in the accident.