This year, 900 travelers have suffocated on the bank of Tunisia

The Talwi government expresses in excess of 80,000 such shelter looking for transients have crossed the Mediterranean to its shores this year, the vast majority of them from Tunisia and Libya.

More than 900 migrants have drowned this year, according to Kamil Faki, minister of interior for Tunisia. The nation of North Africa has been dealing with a huge surge of migrants who are making their way to Europe in an effort to escape poverty.