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Old 05-12-2019, 02:41   #1
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At least 58 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania
At least 58 people are dead, after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean, off the West African nation of Mauritania, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM said Wednesday. It said 83 people swam to shore. The boat, carrying at least 150 people had been low on fuel, while approaching Mauritania.. Survivors said the boat, with women and children on board, had left The Gambia on Nov. 27/19.
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