Desperate to get to Europe, migrants from West Africa often travel in overloaded boats - like in this photo from November 2023 Coastguards in Mauritania ... capsized in the AtlanticOcean on ...
For thirteen days, the ship was left adrift in the water. However, the reason of the migrants’ deaths is unknown. The boat carrying 80 people “capsized” near the coast of the disputed Western Sahara ...
But a growing number of West African migrants are choosing to travel via the AtlanticOcean to the Canary Islands ... countries last month - Senegal, Mauritania and The Gambia - for crisis talks ...
More than 10,000 migrants have died while attempting to reach Spain by sea in 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by Spanish migration rights group Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders).