More than 140 dead, missing on refugee boat stranded off Mauritania
- UN says a boat carrying refugees and migrants from Africa drifted for 25 days before arriving at a port with dead and living on board.
- At least 143 refugees and migrants are dead or missing from a single boat off the coast of Mauritania that was trying to reach Europe, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, says.
- The agency said on Tuesday that it was “extremely saddened” by the deaths, which came despite three rescue operations off Mauritania between July 14 and 18 that pulled 387 people to safety from other stranded boats.
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- UN says a boat carrying refugees and migrants from Africa drifted for 25 days before arriving at a port with dead and living on board.
- At least 143 refugees and migrants are dead or missing from a single boat off the coast of Mauritania that was trying to reach Europe, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, says.
- The agency said on Tuesday that it was “extremely saddened” by the deaths, which came despite three rescue operations off Mauritania between July 14 and 18 that pulled 387 people to safety from other stranded boats.
Sources: Al Jazeera