NOUAKCHOTT: More than 1,000 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Mauritania over 10 days, its coast guard said Tuesday, signalling a resurgence in migration along the perilous Atlantic route. Thousands of people, most of them young, have tried to reach Europe from west Africa in recent years, mainly via the Spanish Canary Islands, on overcrowded and often dilapidated boats known as pirogues. The latest departures took place a few days after the major Muslim festival of Tabaski at the end of May, following a lull for several months.

NOUAKCHOTT: More than 1,000 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Mauritania over 10 days, its coast guard said Tuesday, signalling a resurgence in migration along the…

Des milliers de personnes originaires d’Afrique de l’Ouest tentent depuis des années la migration clandestine au départ des côtes de leurs pays en empruntant la dangereuse route…

More than 1,100 migrants rescued off Mauritania in past fortnight: coastguard