They set off from the coast of Tunisia. About 40 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea

At least 40 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea as a result of a boat capsizing that had set off from the coast of Tunisia, according to what the Italian AKI news agency reported.
The agency quoted security sources as saying that only one survivor, from Sierra Leone, survived the ill-fated boat and was rescued by a non-governmental organization.

The boat sank

The bad weather apparently caused the boat, which sailed from the Tunisian coast of Sfax, to capsize at sea.
The agency reported that 300 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday.