Deaths In Migrant Boat Sinking Off Mauritania Rises To 63
December 6, 2019
11:52 am
Five more bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Mauritania this week, raising the death toll to 63, a security official said on Friday.
The boat bound for Spain capsized on Wednesday with up to 180 people aboard.
The search was still ongoing for missing people off the Mauritanian city of Nouadhibou, the source told Mauritaniaβs state news agency AMI.
At least 20 people are thought to be unaccounted for.
Initially, authorities in the West African country said at least 58 people had died in the incident and 85 survived.
