West Africa, Cape Verde another 70 illegal migrants drowned in the sea
 

Overloaded wood boat
may have turned over
in the Sea.


[More than 60 people are feared dead
after a boat carrying migrants
was found off Cape Verde in West Africa.

Thirty-eight people, including children,
were rescued, with footage showing
them being helped ashore,
some on stretchers, on the island of Sal.

Almost all those on board the boat,
which was at sea for over a month,
are thought to have been from Senegal.

Cape Verde officials have called for
global action on migration to help
prevent further loss of life.

The vessel was first spotted on Monday,
police told the AFP news agency.
Initial reports suggested the boat had
sunk but it was later clarified that it
had been found drifting.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rkBoat_FEP.jpg
(Not their boat , but the design they make fast
with crude wood)

The wooden pirogue style boat
was seen almost 320km (200 miles) off Sal,
a part of Cape Verde,
by a Spanish fishing boat,
which then alerted authorities, police said.
The survivors include four children aged
between 12 and 16, a spokesperson for
the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) said.

The boat left the Senegalese fishing village
of Fasse Boye on 10 July with 101 people on board,
Senegal's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, citing survivors.

Moda Samb, an elected official in the village,
told AFP news agency nearly all those
on the boat had grown up in the community
and that some local families were still waiting
to hear whether their relatives were
among the survivors.
The ministry said it was liaising with authorities
in Cape Verde to arrange the repatriation
of Senegalese nationals.]



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