Over 40 Pakistanis are feared dead after a boat capsized near West Africa's coast. Departing from Mauritania, they aimed to reach Europe. Pakistani President Zardari calls for stronger anti-trafficking measures.

Their boat capsized off West Africa's Atlantic coastline, which has emerged as a primary point of departure for migrants aiming to reach Europe. View on euronews

The Pakistani government has launched an extensive crackdown on human traffickers, though hundreds of Pakistanis continue to perish annually while attempting to reach Europe. In 2023, an overcrowded boat carrying Pakistani migrants sank off Greece, killing an estimated 350 people in one of the deadliest incidents in the Mediterranean Sea.

Pakistan said 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.

“Several survivors, including Pakistanis, are lodged in a camp near Dakhla ... are being taken against human trafficking,” he said in a statement. A number of non-state actors are also active in the region of Western Sahara — where the incident ...

Over 40 Pakistanis are feared drowned after a boat capsized off West Africa's Atlantic coast, a key departure point for migrants to Europe. President Zardari expressed sorrow over the tragedy and emphasized the importance of strict measures against human trafficking.

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Officials say more than 40 Pakistanis are feared to have drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off West Africa’s Atlantic coastline

Moroccan authorities in Dakhla expelled three Spanish nationals: a journalist from the daily «Público» and two members of the Coordination of Associations in Solidarity with the Sahara (CEAS). According to a CEAS press release,

Pakistan said that the boat, carrying 80 passengers including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania on their way to the Canary Islands.

President Asif Ali Zardari expressed his sorrow over the loss of lives and emphasised the necessity for stringent measures against human ... Dakhla, a Moroccan-controlled port city in Western Sahara.