At least 15 killed as migrant boat sinks off Mauritania

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At least 15 ******* as migrant boat sinks off Mauritania

Fifteen people have been ******* and more than 150 are missing after a boat carrying 300 passengers from Gambia capsized near Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott, the International Organisation for Migration says.

The Atlantic migration route from the coast of west ******* to the Canary Islands, typically used by ******** migrants trying to reach Spain, is one of the world’s deadliest.

The northern hemisphere summer is its busiest *******.

In a statement on Wednesday, the IOM said Mauritanian coastguards rescued 120 people and that 10 of them were urgently referred to hospitals while efforts to locate the missing continued.

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