daajis.com:- At the very least 44 migrants drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized off the coast of Western Sahara, the migrant reduction company Caminando Fronteras stated.
12 others survived the tragedy that occurred when the boat sank off the coast of Cap Boujdour, Helena Malino of the company reported on Twitter.
Malino wrote that the survivors have been captured.
She added that the our bodies of seven victims have been returned to the seashore, however it was not doable to retrieve the opposite our bodies.
There was no speedy affirmation from the Moroccan authorities that the disputed Western Sahara is an integral a part of the North African kingdom.
It was not clear the place the boat was heading, however migrants who go away that space normally attempt to attain Spain’s Canary Islands.
Morocco is a significant transit level on the routes that migrants take within the hope of a greater life in Europe.
Morocco and Spain stated in a joint assertion on Friday that they’re dedicated to strengthening cooperation within the discipline of unlawful immigration.
In keeping with Inside Ministry figures, greater than 14,700 makes an attempt to go away irregularly have been prevented and 52 human smuggling networks have been dismantled in Morocco through the first three months of this 12 months.
Final 12 months, the Moroccan authorities stopped greater than 63,120 transit operations and closed 256 smuggling networks.
In keeping with Spain’s Ministry of the Inside, greater than 40,000 migrants arrived within the nation by sea in 2021.
That very same 12 months, based on Caminando Fronteras, 4,404 immigrants died or went lacking whereas attempting to achieve Spain.
(AFP)
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