At least 144 migrants reported dead or missing off Mauritania
But 143 people were reported dead or missing on one of the boats, which had departed from Bufalo in Gambia headed for Spain and was rescued on Saturday after nearly 25 days stranded at sea, the agency said."The refugees and migrants were reported dead or missing after attempting the perilous sea journey from West Africa towards Europe, highlighting the continued human cost of these dangerous routes," UNHCR spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh told reporters in Geneva.
A second rescue operation that day saw 179 people brought to safety in Nouadhibou, while a third mission that took place on July 14 had rescued 170 people from a vessel where one person had died.
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