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Mauritania’s Coast Guard Says at Least 49 Die when a Boat Carrying Migrants Capsized This Week

The wooden boat carrying about 160 migrants capsized after passengers rushed to one side upon seeing land, causing 69 deaths and leaving dozens missing, officials said.

  • At least 49 people have died and around 100 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, according to coastguards in the country.
  • Seventeen people have been rescued, and a search is ongoing for other passengers, according to a coastguard official.
  • Survivors reported that the boat, carrying around 160 people, mainly from The Gambia and Senegal, left six days before the accident.
  • Helen Maleno, a spokesperson for Caminando Fronteras, believes that around 140 people are missing and urges the search to continue.
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At least 70 people drowned on the coast of Mauritania, north-west Africa, and more than 60 are missing after a dump ship, authorities said on Friday. Sixteen people were rescued, five of them from Gambia, as reported by the Gambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement confirming the incident. The shipwreck, which occurred early on Wednesday, was one of the worst of the year in a region where this type of shipwreck has become common. Most o…

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According to the NGO Caminando Fronteras, the West African migration route is the most dangerous: in 2024, almost 10,000 migrants died during the crossing to the Canary Islands.

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A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania in northwest Africa on Tuesday, killing 69 people and saving 17 from drowning.

Migrants are repeatedly missing out on the dangerous way across the Atlantic towards the Canary Islands. Once again, a boat has sunk. Only a few inmates have been saved so far.

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Survivors reported that their boat capsized and that many passengers were moved to one side of the

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La Libre broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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