Walking Borders CEO Helena Maleno said that of the 86 people, 36 migrants were rescued while 44 Pakistanis drowned in the sea. The migrant boat was stranded in the ocean for 13 days
The latest deadly wreck in the Atlantic Ocean involved as many as 50 migrants, mostly Pakistanis, attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands. Moroccan authorities rescued some survivors, while others perished in the tragedy.
For thirteen days, the ship was left adrift in the water. However, the reason of the migrants’ deaths is unknown. The boat carrying 80 people “capsized” near the coast of the disputed Western Sahara area, according to a post on X from Pakistan’s Foreign Office.
In a statement on Saturday, an FIA spokesperson said that the agency initiated a probe against its 20 officials over their alleged involvement in human smuggling. It added that the officials had allegedly cleared the victims of the ill-fated boat at airports.
According to the migrant rights group Walking Borders, a sad occurrence involving migrants seeking to reach Spain from West Africa may have killed up to 50 pe
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GUJRAT: A high-ranking government team will be dispatched to Morocco today (Saturday) to assess the situation and ascertain the loss of Pakistani lives in the Atlantic Ocean migrant boat tragedy, which occurred in the waters between Mauritania and Morocco earlier this month.
Dubai: Around 50 Pakistani nationals have tragically lost their lives in a migrant boat tragedy while attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean illegally en route to Europe, according to an NGO and the victims’ families.
As many as 50 migrants attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa may have drowned, migrant rights group Walking Borders said on Thursday. Moroccan authorities on Wednesday rescued 36 people from a boat that had departed from Mauritania on Jan.
Many migrants to Europe are opting to take dangerous boat journeys across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands. One of the launching points is in the city of Agadir in southwest Morocco.
As a pivotal African Union summit looms, Sudan’s military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has wrapped up a five-nation tour of West Africa, seeking to rally support and potentially pave the way for lifting the country’s suspension from the continental body.