Cape Verde: A big news has come out from the African country of Cape Verde. A major accident has happened after a boat capsized near Cape Verde. More than 60 people are feared dead after the boat capsized, while 38 others have been saved.
“The boat is believed to have left Senegal in July carrying migrants,” the IOM said on Wednesday. According to reports, the fishing boat had left Senegal a month ago.
Senegal’s foreign ministry said late on Tuesday that 38 people, including a Guinea-Bissau national, had been rescued from the boat. The Coast Guard said the total number of survivors and dead was 48. 7 dead bodies have been found in the local morgue.
Cape Verde’s Health Minister Filomena Goncalves was quoted as saying that we should welcome the living and bury the dead with dignity.According to reports, it was a large fishing boat called Pirog, which left Senegal on 10 July with more than 100 refugees and migrants on board.
Thousands of refugees and migrants fleeing poverty and war in Cape Verde risk their lives to make the perilous journey every year.
