89 migrants found dead at sea off Mauritania

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89 migrants found dead at sea off Mauritania

July 05, 2024
Updated: 06:53 am

89 migrants found dead at sea off Mauritania

Nouakchott, July 5 : Mauritanian coast guards recovered the bodies of 89 illegal migrants near N'Diago, southwestern Mauritania, local media has reported.

The migrants were aboard a large traditional fishing boat that was stranded off the Atlantic Ocean, four kilometres from the town of N'Diago, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Mauritanian News Agency.

Nine people, including a five-year-old girl, were rescued by the Mauritanian coast guard, the report said.

The boat, which left the Senegalese-Gambia border six days ago towards Europe, had 170 migrants on board, the report quoted survivors as saying.

/IANS

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