Walking Borders CEO Helena Maleno said that of the 86 people, 36 migrants were rescued while 44 Pakistanis drowned in the sea. The migrant boat was stranded in the ocean for 13 days

Pakistan said on Thursday it had been informed by its embassy in Morocco that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania and capsized near Dakhla, a Moroccan-controlled port city in the disputed Western Sahara.

Four migrants, who were stuck in Mauritania for months, arrived at Sialkot International Airport, while the return of 22 Pakistanis, who survived the tragedy near Morocco earlier this month, would begin on Monday.

The latest deadly wreck in the Atlantic Ocean involved as many as 50 migrants, mostly Pakistanis, attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands. Moroccan authorities rescued some survivors, while others perished in the tragedy.

Spain's marine rescue service on Thursday said that more than 550 migrants have reached its Canary Islands in boats over the past two days.

Pakistan said on Thursday it had been informed by its embassy in Morocco that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania and capsized near Dakhla ...

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Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Sunday that 21 Pakistani nationals have been identified as survivors of a tragic migrant boat incident off the

At least 44 Pakistanis aboard a migrant boat have perished at sea while trying to reach Europe. According to reports, the boat carrying 86 people, including 66 Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania for Spain and remained stranded in the Atlantic Ocean for 13 days before capsizing off the coast of Canary Islands.

In a statement on Saturday, an FIA spokesperson said that the agency initiated a probe against its 20 officials over their alleged involvement in human smuggling. It added that the officials had allegedly cleared the victims of the ill-fated boat at airports.

Dubai: Around 50 Pakistani nationals have tragically lost their lives in a migrant boat tragedy while attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean illegally en route to Europe, according to an NGO and the victims’ families.

PM on Saturday, the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard Operations Room received a report regarding the sighting of an unidentified vessel near the Cassia platform. The vessel