Sixty-three people are presumed dead after a boat carrying about 100 people from Senegal sank near Cabo Verde.
Children play on fishing boats known as a pirogues in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday June 24, 2023. Large pirogues such as the one found Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, near Cabo Verde are used in migrant crossings from Senegal to Spain.Sixty-three people are presumed dead after a boat carrying about 100 people from Senegal sank near Cabo Verde, an island about 600 kilometers west of Senegal in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.N. International Organization of Migration told ABC News in a statement Wednesday.
Seven people were confirmed dead, and 56 people were missing, UN IOM spokesperson Safa Msehli told ABC News in a statement. People missing at sea are presumed dead.
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