At least 63 people feared dead after boat found off Cape Verde
by Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo from World news | The Guardian on (#6DXAF)
Fishing vessel with 100 asylum seekers was travelling from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands
More than 60 people are believed to have died after the boat they were travelling on from Senegal was found off Cape Verde, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.
At least 63 asylum seekers are thought to have died, while the 38 survivors include four children between the ages of 12 and 16, an IOM spokesperson told AFP.
Continue reading...