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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
01/08
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki drops flowers into the water.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
02/08
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The President of the Republic Moncef Marzouki visited by boat, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at the location of the sinking of the boat of Tunisian migrants, broad Lampedusa (Italy).
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
03/08
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki drops flowers into the water.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
04/08
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki drops flowers into the water.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
05/08
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Flowers are placed in the water near the shipwreck of 110 Tunisians immigrants trying to make their way to Italy.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
06/08
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki drops flowers into the water.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
07/08
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki speaks on a ship deck out at sea near a shipwreck, which ended the lives of more than 50 Tunisians immigrants trying to make it to Italy.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
08/08
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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki speaks on a ship deck out at sea near a shipwreck, which ended the lives of more than 50 Tunisians immigrants trying to make it to Italy.
  • Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
  • Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
  • Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
  • Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
  • Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
  • Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
  • Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck
  • Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visits site of immigrant shipwreck

The President of the Republic of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, visits, by boat, the location of a shipwreck, which held 110 Tunisian immigrants trying to reach Italy. Many African immigrants will first go to Lampedusa, Italy, when emigrating to Europe.

The President of the Republic Moncef Marzouki visited by boat, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at the location of the sinking of the boat of Tunisian migrants, broad Lampedusa (Italy). Following the speech to the media present and in the presence of some members of the families of the disappeared, the president of the republic is swinging at sea a wreath in memory of the deceased.

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