Residents of AlRaml Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Latakia, have launched appeals for information about the condition and whereabouts of their relatives who have gone missing after they boarded a migrant boat from Tunisia.
The boat with 23 people onboard set sail from Tunisian coast on Monday, May 23.Â
Media sources claimed the engine exploded off Tunisian coast. A number of migrants sustained burns. Tunisian coast guard rescued the migrants and transferred them to Sfax National Hospital for urgent treatment.Â
Other sources said the migrants were transferred to a hospital in the island country of Malta.