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At least 25 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania

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At least 25 migrants have died and dozens are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania. The Mauritanian coastguard rescued 103 migrants, while approximately 300 people were on board the pirogue that set off from The Gambia. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that more than 76 boats have disembarked since June. The exact number of missing migrants varies across reports, with some sources stating over 150 are missing and others over 195. The coastguard has rescued 120 people, with 15 confirmed dead upon arrival. The incident is the latest in a series of accidents off the west African coast, with a boat carrying 300 people capsizing near Nouakchott.

  1. UN International Organization for Migration
    1. Approximately 300 people boarded a pirogue in The Gambia and spent seven days at sea before the boat capsized near Nouakchott on July 22, 2024.
    2. Safe and regular pathways to migration are sorely lacking, which is what gives room to smugglers and traffickers to put people on these deadly journeys.
    3. Among the survivors, 10 people were urgently referred to hospitals for medical care, and four unaccompanied and separated children were identified.
    4. We are deeply saddened by the death of 15 migrants and the estimated disappearance at sea of 195-plus people after a boat capsized in Nouakchott.

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sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.Le Monde
  5. 5.BBC
  6. 6.Agence France-Presse
  7. 7.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Immigration to Europe
  2. 2.France under Emmanuel Macron
  3. 3.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  4. 4.Organized crime
  5. 5.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  6. 6.Italy under Georgia Meloni

countries

  1. 1.SpainES
  2. 2.GambiaGM
  3. 3.GuineaGN
  4. 4.MoroccoMA
  5. 5.MauritaniaMR
  6. 6.MauritiusMU
  7. 7.SenegalSN

organizations

  1. 1.UN International Organization for Migration
  2. 2.Caminando Fronteras
  3. 3.European Union
  4. 4.Mauritanian coast guard
  5. 5.Missing Migrants Project
  6. 6.United Nations
  7. 7.Walking Borders

persons

  1. 1.Ibba Sarr

technicals

  1. 1.Canary Islands
  2. 2.West Atlantic Route