144 Dead or Missing Off Mauritania in Migrant Maritime Disasters
UNHCR said 387 people were rescued in three operations, but warned the Atlantic route remains one of the world’s deadliest migration corridors.
- The UN refugee agency UNHCR reported on Tuesday that 144 people have been reported dead or missing off Mauritania's coast, with a single vessel from Gambia accounting for 143 deaths after 25 days stranded at sea and 38 survivors.
- Despite arrivals to Europe declining by more than a third this year to just over 40,000, migrants continue attempting perilous sea crossings from West Africa, with Spanish archipelago arrivals down 61 percent from 2025.
- Three rescue operations between July 14–18 in Mauritania brought 387 people safely ashore; among 38 survivors from the deadliest vessel were two children who lost all family members and are recovering in hospital, Matt Saltmarsh told a UN briefing in Geneva.
- UNHCR said deaths and disappearances remain at 'alarming levels,' with victims from sub-Saharan African countries, though the exact cause—whether drowning, hunger, thirst or other factors—remains unclear.
- The UN agency called for expanded education and labor opportunities to create alternatives to dangerous sea crossings, emphasizing the continued human cost of maritime migration routes from West Africa to Europe.
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Daily Telegraph NZDozens of migrants dead or missing off African coast – UN
Only 38 people survived after one vessel that departed from the coastal village of Bafuloto in Gambia spent nearly 25 days stranded in the Atlantic At least 144 migrants are dead or missing following separate maritime incidents off the coast of Mauritania, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reported, saying it is “extremely saddened” by...
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