Mauritania Coastguard Rescues More than 300 Migrants in Atlantic
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More than 300 migrants in distress, including 40 children, were rescued by the coast guard during the night of Wednesday, August 19th to Thursday, August 20th, 2026, as their pirogue drifted off the coast of Mauritania. Thankfully, they were all saved.
Off the coast of Mauritania, the Coast Guard has saved more than 300 people from a manoeuvring incapacitated wooden boat. They were probably on their way to the Canary Islands - a route that is becoming more and more dangerous.
In recent months, hundreds of migrants, mostly from Senegal, Gambia and Mali, have been rescued off Mauritanian waters.
During the night of Wednesday to Thursday, August 20, the Mauritanian Coast Guard rescued 315 migrants aboard a drifting canoe. Most of them were from Senegal or Gambia.
Nouakchott, 21 August 2026 (AFP) – More than 300 migrants, including 40 children, "in a difficult humanitarian situation", were rescued during the night of Wednesday to Thursday by the Mauritanian Coast Guard while their overcrowded canoe was drifting off the coast of that country, announces a communiqué of these Coast Guards. During the [...] Read more More than 300 migrants, including 40 children, rescued off Mauritania (Mauritanian Coast Guar…
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