Boat Carrying Migrants Capsizes in Canary Islands; 70 Dead
The English section of webangah News Agency,citing mehr News Agency and The Autonomous,reported that the capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of West Africa led to at least 70 fatalities.
The Gambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a release that the boat, carrying mainly Gambian and Senegalese migrants, sank off Mauritanian shores.
Officials said 30 others remain missing. The vessel is believed to have carried 150 passengers at the time, with only 16 survivors rescued.
Mauritanian authorities have recovered 70 bodies from the water. This tragedy ranks among the deadliest incidents on this perilous route to Europe in recent years.
the Atlantic migration route from west Africa to the Canary Islands-a common path for African migrants seeking entry into Spain-is one of the most risky migration corridors. The Canary Islands are an archipelago consisting of seven islands located in the Atlantic Ocean near Morocco’s coast and constitute one of Spain’s seventeen autonomous communities.
The european Union reported that more than 46,000 undocumented migrants arrived in the Canary Islands last year, marking an unprecedented figure. According to human rights group Caminando Fronteras, over ten people lost their lives on this hazardous passage recently-an increase of 58 percent compared to 2023.
