Canary Islands: More than 80 dead, including a baby, after a pirogue adrift at sea for 27 days after departing from Gambia
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A migrant boat that departed from Gambia on August 7 carrying 127 people was rescued at dawn on Thursday south of the Canary Islands after drifting in the Atlantic Ocean for 27 days. Authorities recovered 44 survivors and five bodies from the vessel.
The provisional death toll from the ordeal stands at over 80 people, including an infant.
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Ivoire Matin (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) (CI)Emphasizes the human tragedy by highlighting the infant victim and the full duration of the drift.
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