Many shortcomings as a hiking boat sink in Tunisia

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At least 80 immigrants are feared dead after a boat curved off the coast of Tunisia.

Four people were rescued from the inflatable ship ̵

1; which sank in the waters near the city of Zarzis – but one died later in the hospital, reports reports.

The three painters who were rescued said they had knocked out of Zuwara in Libya.

The country is a major departure point for immigrants who hope to come to Europe.

Libya has been torn down by violence and division since long-term chief Muammar Gaddafi was deposited and killed in 2011.

Thousands of immigrants, many from sub-Saharan Africa, held in freedom camps in the country.

On Wednesday, at least 53 immigrants were killed when a Tripoli detention center was hit by an air strike.

In May, 65 people drowned when their boat sat down from Libya and immersed themselves from the Tunisian coast.