The United Nations has shown this Tuesday its "deep dismay" at the death or disappearance of nearly 145 people after the sinking, last week, of several boats off the coast of Mauritania while trying to reach European territory in the Canary Islands.The spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Matthew...
The authorities of Mauritania have reported that they have managed to rescue more than 200 migrants and that around 120 people remain missing after two incidents recorded with vessels off their coasts. The events, linked to the migratory route to the Atlantic, have so far left at least one deceased,...
Mauritanian authorities have reported the rescue of more than 75 migrants traveling in a boat located off the coast of the city of Nouadhibou. The operation is part of the increase in this type of intervention in recent weeks, a period in which more than a thousand people have been...
Mauritanian authorities have reported the rescue of nearly 125 migrants traveling in a new boat located off the coast of the town of Nuamghar, bringing the number of people intercepted in Mauritanian waters in the last two weeks to around a thousand.In a statement released on social media, the Mauritanian...
Mauritanian authorities have reported the interception, off their coast, of a vessel originating from Gambia carrying 110 migrants, including three minors. The boat suffered an engine failure, which led the people on board to issue a distress signal directed at the Mauritanian Coast Guard.The Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime and...
The authorities of Mauritania have reported the rescue of nearly 150 migrants who were traveling in a boat located off its coast, after having departed from Gambian territory, in a context of increased departures of migrant groups trying to reach European shores via the Canary Islands.According to the Ministry of...