At least 90 people, including children, died on Sunday after an overcrowded fishing vessel used as a ferry sank near Mozambique’s northern coast.

Local authorities said the ship, carrying about 130 passengers on a voyage to an island near Nampula province, had difficulties leading to its sinking.

For his part, the Minister of State for Nampula Region, Jaime Neto, indicated that the technical condition of the boat was very poor, and it is not suitable for transporting passengers.

Neto explained that the motive behind the passenger flight was to escape the risk of cholera, based on misinformation about the spread of the disease.

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Rescue teams have recovered five survivors, while efforts to search for more have continued, despite challenging maritime conditions, and an investigation team is working to uncover the causes of the accident.

Mozambique has recorded about 15,000 cholera cases and 32 deaths since October, mostly in Nampula province, which has one of the highest poverty rates in the world.

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At least 32 people, mostly Moroccan minors, have died while desperately trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla by swimming.

The shocking events are part of a report by the NGO Solidarity Wales, which called for urgent action to stop these tragic deaths and improve security policies to protect human rights.

According to the organization’s report, most of the victims were Moroccan minors, and their bodies were found on the Moroccan coast and the coast of Melilla itself.

Authorities recovered at least 32 bodies during the first three months of 2024, making advocacy for change in security policies essential.

Solidarity Wales appealed for improved economic and social conditions in countries of origin, safe and legal alternatives to migration, as well as international cooperation to address this humanitarian crisis, and stressed the need for security efforts to be balanced with full respect for human rights and people’s lives.
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The search and rescue ship “Geo Parents”, run by Doctors Without Borders, arrived in the port of Salerno in southern Italy on Saturday with 99 migrants on board, which it rescued in two operations off the coast of Libya this week.

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Doctors Without Borders stated that among these migrants, there were 53 minors, including 37 unaccompanied minors.

This group included 41 boys and 12 girls, many of whom were young children. The 99 rescued people were disembarked safely at the port of Salerno on the morning of Saturday, July 10.

MSF reported that the migrants faced harassment from Libyan security forces during their arduous journey, forcing many to jump into the water and prefer to risk their lives at sea rather than be returned to Libya.

Most of these migrants come from countries such as Ivory Coast, Syria, Somalia, Pakistan, Guinea and Burkina Faso.
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