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160 dead or missing in Atlantic migrant crossing

160 dead or missing in Atlantic migrant crossing

AT least 89 people have died and as many as 72 are still missing following the latest deadly shipwreck on the Atlantic Ocean migration route between the west coast of Africa and the Spanish Canary Islands. The boat – a traditional fishing vessel – set sail from near the Senegal-Gambia border and capsized on 1 July off the coast of Mauritania. The Mauritanian Coast Guard rescued nine survivors on 4 July.  An increasing number of people have been setting out by boat from West Africa for the Canary Islands in recent years, despite it being considered perhaps the deadliest migration route in…
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At least 38 migrants die in shipwreck off Djibouti 

At least 38 migrants die in shipwreck off Djibouti 

AT least 38 migrants, including children, have died in a shipwreck off the Djibouti coast, the United Nations migration agency said. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said at least six other people were missing and presumed dead, and that 22 survivors were being assisted by the IOM and local authorities. Yvonne Ndege, regional spokesperson for the IOM, said the shipwreck happened about 200 metres off Djibouti and that the boat carrying the migrants had left Yemen around 2 a.m. local time on April 8. It sank about two hours later with around 66 people on board, predominantly from the…
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About 20 migrants die in shipwreck off Senegal’s coast

About 20 migrants die in shipwreck off Senegal’s coast

 ABOUT 20 migrants died this week when their boat capsized off the coast of northern Senegal, Prime Minister Amadou Ba said. The migrant support service Alarm Phone said on X that the boat had been carrying around 300 people before it capsized on Wednesday near the city of Saint-Louis and that some made it to shore while others were still missing. Thousands of people leave the coast of West Africa every year on a perilous journey to try to reach Europe, and the full number of deaths at sea is unknown. Senegal mourned several deadly incidents last year, including one…
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Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya – IOM

Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya – IOM

SIXTY-ONE migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said. IOM, in a post on social media platform X, quoted survivors as saying the boat, carrying around 86 people, departed the Libyan city of Zwara, about 110 km (68 miles) from the capital, Tripoli. "The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world's most dangerous migration routes," IOM said. Deadly incidents this year included one in June, when a fishing boat packed with hundreds of migrants sank off Greece after departing from Tobruk, Libya. The voyage, which was supposed to…
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Greece boat disaster: Emotional reunion for brothers as hopes of finding more survivors fade

Greece boat disaster: Emotional reunion for brothers as hopes of finding more survivors fade

A Syrian teenager who survived a shipwreck that killed at least 78 people off Greece was emotionally reunited with his elder brother but there was no news for other relatives searching for loved ones. Witness accounts suggested between 400 and 750 people had packed the 20- to 30 metre-long (65- to 100-foot) fishing boat that capsized and sank early on Wednesday morning about 50 miles (80 km) from the southern coastal town of Pylos. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, 104 survivors and 78 people who drowned were brought to shore by Greek authorities, but nothing has been found…
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73 presumed dead after shipwreck off Libyan coast

73 presumed dead after shipwreck off Libyan coast

AT least 73 migrants were reported missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, the official Twitter account of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said. Seven survivors made it to shore from the boat, which was carrying around 80 people, who had reportedly departed from Qasr Alkayar, east of Tripoli, to head to Europe, the IOM added. So far, 11 bodies have been retrieved by the Libyan Red Crescent and the local police, while the seven survivors are in hospital, the IOM said. Libya has become a major launching point for migrants…
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Italy shipwreck death toll at 62, including children

Italy shipwreck death toll at 62, including children

REMO CASILLI and ANGELO AMANTE RESCUERS recovered three more bodies, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 62, including at least 14 children. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to have been among the vessel's passengers. Rescuers said many Afghanis and some Iranians had also been aboard the boat. "We met a survivor who fled Afghanistan with his sister to escape the Taliban. She did not survive," said Sergio Di Dato, a project coordinator with the charity Doctors…
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At least nine migrants drown off Tunisia in shipwreck

At least nine migrants drown off Tunisia in shipwreck

AT least nine African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, while another nine were rescued by the navy, the defence ministry said. In recent months, several people have drowned off the Tunisian coast, with an increase in the frequency of attempted crossings to Europe from Tunisia and Libya towards Italy. "Navy units backed by the Coast Guard recovered the bodies of nine migrants from different African countries and rescued nine other migrants, after their boat sank 18 km ... off Chebba, Mahdia governorate," the ministry said. It added that the…
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Around 40 migrants drown in shipwreck off Mauritanian coast

Around 40 migrants drown in shipwreck off Mauritanian coast

A boat carrying around 40 migrants and refugees has sunk off the coast of Mauritania, leaving only one survivor, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. The perilous sea passage from West Africa to the Canary Islands was once a major route for migrants seeking jobs and a better life in Europe. Attempts became scarcer when Spain stepped up patrols in the mid-2000s, but the route is seeing a fresh surge. "New shipwreck off the coast of Nouadhibou #Mauritania of approximately 40 persons on board, there is one survivor (from Guinea)," tweeted UNHCR special envoy Vincent Cochetel. UNHCR "along…
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At least 5 migrants die in shipwreck off Libya, NGO says

At least 5 migrants die in shipwreck off Libya, NGO says

AT least five people have died in a migrant shipwreck in the central Mediterranean, Spanish charity Open Arms has announced, warning that the number of fatalities could grow as rescue operations continue. Some 100 people had been travelling for about two days on a dinghy that collapsed in international waters off Libya where it was assisted by Open Arms, the NGO said. It said it was carrying out the rescue operation on its own, with just two speed boats and six rescuers. "That's what happens when you leave people at sea for days," the charity wrote on Twitter. On Tuesday,…
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