90 Migrant Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes Near Mauritania

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Nouakchott: Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe perished when their boat capsized earlier this week off the coast of Mauritania, according to the state news agency and a local official on Thursday.

Dozens more remain missing.

“The Mauritanian coast guard recovered the bodies of 89 people aboard a large traditional fishing boat that capsized on Monday, July 1, about four kilometers from the country’s southwest city of Ndiago,” the state news agency reported.

The coast guard rescued nine people, including a five-year-old girl, the report added.

Survivors stated that the boat had set sail from the border of Senegal and Gambia with 170 passengers on board, bringing the number of missing to 72.

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