A boat carrying about 40 migrants sank off the coast of Mauritania, leaving one survivor, the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday. “These are the awful consequences of immoral and unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers arranging these desperate sea journeys,” U.N. These are the awful consequences of immoral and unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers arranging these desperate sea journeys. The migrants are looking to escape poverty and war in Africa and for the chance of a better life in the European Union. More than 60 migrants died and 80 others desperately swam to shore when a refugee-packed boat from Gambia sank off the Mauritanian coast in December.

Source: Ethiopian News August 06, 2020 23:26 UTC