{"id":43717,"date":"2024-07-25T20:20:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/over-a-dozen-african-migrants-dead-over-150-missing-after-their-boat-capsized"},"modified":"2024-07-25T20:54:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:54:38","slug":"over-a-dozen-african-migrants-dead-over-150-missing-after-their-boat-capsized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/over-a-dozen-african-migrants-dead-over-150-missing-after-their-boat-capsized","title":{"rendered":"Over a dozen African migrants dead, over 150 missing after their boat capsized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>More than a dozen migrants died and at least 150 others are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania on their way to Europe, the International Organization for Migration said, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p>300 migrants on the boat capsized on Monday near the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, and 120 have been rescued by the Mauritanian Coast Guard, the IOM said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTragically, 15 people were confirmed dead upon arrival,\u201d it said, adding that search efforts were still underway.<\/p>\n<p>A surge of migrants has left West Africa in recent years through Senegal, from where they have to navigate north past Mauritania to reach Spain\u2019s Canary Islands.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest case, the migrants were traveling on artisanal fishing boats, known as pirogues, which can be overwhelmed by strong winds and Atlantic currents. While thousands have survived the risky journey, many die or disappear along the way, with remains sometimes washing up on the other side of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>Among those so far rescued in Monday\u2019s incident were four unaccompanied and separated children, the IOM said, adding that 10 survivors were referred to hospitals for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>African migrants trying to reach Europe are often fleeing poverty and instability. Although it is their journey to make, the decision to leave is sometimes not personal but made by their families in the hope of positive outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 20,000 migrants have arrived irregularly in the Canary Islands using the Mauritania route this year, which is almost triple the number from the same period in 2023, the IOM said. At least 1,950 migrants died on that route last year, which the IOM said was the second-deadliest year on record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Mauritius Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. More than a dozen migrants died and at least 150 others are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania on their way to Europe, the International Organization for Migration said, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation. 300 migrants on the boat capsized on Monday near the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, and 120 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[3067,3792,1041,241,3065,3794,3793],"class_list":["post-43717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-african-migrants","tag-illegal-immigration","tag-immigration","tag-mauritius","tag-migrants","tag-sea-transport","tag-shipwrecks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Over a dozen African migrants dead, over 150 missing after their boat capsized - 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