Tunisian authorities on Monday foiled an attempt by 11 Tunisian young people to illegally immigrate to Italy, according to Tunisian security sources. 

Maritime guard units in Djerba, an island off the coast of Tunisia, stopped the immigrants who were heading for Italy on board a boat, the sources said.

The sources added the immigrants confessed the illegal immigration attempt and their age range between 17 and 25. They had an GPS system to detect location.

The immigrants will be interrogated into the incident and the boat was confiscated, the sources said

Source: MENA