Migrants trapped on Tunisia-Libya border transferred back to Tunisia after facing dangerous conditions

Hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants who were stranded in a dangerous area on the Tunisian-Libyan border have been forcibly pushed back into Tunisia, according to aid agencies.

One such boat sank Sunday off the Tunisian coast. Coast guard officers retrieved one body, rescued 11 people and declared 10 others as missing, the Sfax prosecutor’s office said.

The fate of hundreds of migrants pushed into the Tunisia-Libya border region drew concern from international humanitarian groups. It also raised questions about Tunisia's migration policies, weeks after the European Union offered Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian government $1 billion to help its slumping economy — and to beef up border services to stop migrant boats from crossing to Europe.