A total of 44 irregular migrants were found dead after their boat sank off Tarfaya, south of Morocco, on March 12.
The inflatable boat was carrying 61 people, including 16 women and 7 children, reportedly capsized on Friday while trying to reach the Canary Islands from Morocco, said Helena Maleno Garzón, founder of the Caminando Fronteras Collective.
“The bodies of 3 women and 2 babies were found near Laayoune,” she added.
? TRAGEDIA. Al menos cuarenta y cuatro víctimas en un naufragio en las costas de Tarfaya. La neumática con sesenta y una personas, entre ellas dieciséis mujeres y siete bebés, volcó cuando intentaban llegar a Canarias.
??— Helena Maleno Garzón (@HelenaMaleno) March 12, 2022
In late February, local authorities in the Oued Eddahab region, in Southern the country reported that 47 people were rescued and 3 bodies were recovered, as the boat transporting the migrants overturned, according to MAP.
Overall, the number of people who died on the different maritime migration routes to Spain reached a total of 1,255 by the end of 2021, the highest number recorded by the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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