{"id":19531,"date":"2024-07-05T14:26:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=19531"},"modified":"2024-07-05T14:42:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:42:50","slug":"bodies-of-89-migrants-retrieved-from-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=19531","title":{"rendered":"Bodies of 89 migrants retrieved from Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coastguards in Mauritania have recovered 89 bodies of migrants from a boat that capsized in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday.<\/p>\n

Nine people \u2013 including a five-year-old girl \u2013 were rescued, but dozens more are missing.<\/p>\n

Survivors say the vessel \u2013 a traditional fishing boat \u2013 set sail last week from the Senegalese-Gambian border area with 170 people on board. It capsized off Mauritania\u2019s south-western coast.<\/p>\n

Mauritania is a key transit point for migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa, with thousands of boats departing from the country last year.<\/p>\n

The most common destination on the perilous route is Spain\u2019s Canary Islands.<\/p>\n

The Spanish government says nearly 40,000 people arrived there last year \u2013 double the number from the previous year.<\/p>\n

Desperate to get to Europe, migrants often travel in overloaded boats.<\/p>\n

More than 5,000 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by sea in the first five months of 2024, the Ca-minando Fronteras charity estimates.<\/p>\n

In April, the EU granted Mauritania \u20ac210m (\u00a3177m; $225m) in aid \u2013 almost \u20ac60m of which will be invested in the fight against undocumented migration to Europe.<\/p>\n

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