Nouakchott, June 9, 2026 (AFP) - More than 1,100 migrants rescued off Mauritania in past fortnight: coastguard

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More than 1,100 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Mauritania in less than two weeks, its coastguard 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 Spain's Canary Islands, on overcrowded and often dilapidated boats known as pirogues. The latest departures took place a few days after the m......

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