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At Least 31 Dead in New Year’s Migrant Boat Sinking Off Gambia
- The death toll has reached 31 after an overloaded boat capsized off the coast of The Gambia on New Year's Eve, according to the Gambia Immigration Department.
- The boat, carrying about 200 undocumented migrants, attempted to reach Spain's Canary Islands when it struck an underwater sandbank and capsized.
- Search and rescue operations, launched by the Gambian Navy with local fishing boats, resulted in 102 rescues, with 23 individuals currently hospitalized.
- Gambian President Adama Barrow vowed to launch a comprehensive investigation into the incident, promising accountability for those responsible.
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More than 200 people were on board an overcrowded boat that sank off the coast of Gambia on New Year's Eve.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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102 people were rescued, 23 of whom remain hospitalized.
On New Year's Eve, a boat occupied by more than 200 people fell into distress before Gambia. Nearly 100 survivors were rescued, many are still missing.
·Germany
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At least 31 people died in a boat accident in the sea off the Gambia on New Year's Eve, Gambian authorities said. More than 200 migrants were on board when the boat sank, and the death toll has now been recorded. About 100 people were rescued in connection with the accident. "Many are missing and feared dead," the country's government said in a statement.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
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