More than 140 dead, missing on refugee boat stranded off Mauritania
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.
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.
Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2‘We can’t go out’: Migrants hide as Mauritania presses deportation campaignlist 2 of 2EU-backed migrant crackdowns in Mauritania fuel fear and deportationsend of listThe vessel had set off from Bafuloto in The Gambia and was rescued on July 18 after 25 days adrift, carrying bodies and 38 survivors when it reached the port of Nouadhibou, the UNHCR said.
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