Over 60 dead in migrant boat sinking off Cape Verde: UN agency
Sixty-three people are thought to have died, while the 38 survivors included four children aged 12 to 16
A boat in distress with about 400 people on board is pictured in Central Mediterranean Sea in this handout obtained by Reuters on April 10, 2023. File Photo: Giacomo Zorzi/ Sea-Watch/Handout via REUTERS
More than 60 people are believed to have died when a migrant boat that left Senegal in July capsized off Cape Verde, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.
Sixty-three people are thought to have died, while the 38 survivors included four children aged 12 to 16, IOM spokeswoman Safa Msehli told AFP.
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