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
Their boat capsized off West Africa's Atlantic coastline, which has emerged as a primary point of departure for migrants aiming to reach Europe. View on euronews
ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than 40 Pakistanis are feared to have drowned in the capsizing of a boat off West Africa's Atlantic coastline, which has emerged as a primary point of departure for migrants aiming to reach Europe. President Asif Ali Zardari expressed grief over the deaths and stressed the need for strict measures to curb human trafficking.
It says it continue to experience the arrival of large numbers of migrants on the archipelago.
Spain’s marine rescue service on Thursday said that more than 550 migrants have reached its Canary Islands in boats over the past two days
Total of 10,547 migrants died trying to reach Spain by boat last year, according to monitoring group Caminando Fronteras
More than 40 Pakistanis are feared drowned after a migrant boat capsized off West Africa, highlighting the dangers of human trafficking.
Pakistan said the boat was carrying 80 passengers ... to cross the Atlantic route from West African countries such as Mauritania and Senegal to the Canary islands, according to Walking Borders. Citing the Walking Borders' post on X, the Canary Islands ...
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.
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday issued a statement announcing that 22 Pakistanis who survived a migrant vessel capsizing near Morocco will be repatriated.The FO said on January 16 that
Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people from the boat that had left Mauritania on January 2 with 86 migrants, including 66 Pakistanis, on board.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday that Pakistan is coordinating the repatriation of twenty-two Pakistani survivors of the recent maritime incident near the Moroccan port of Dakhla.