• Migrations The boat trip from Africa is twice as dangerous for a woman

At least

44 sub-Saharan emigrants, including women and babies, drowned

this Friday in the Atlantic Ocean near the coastal city of

Tarfaya,

in southern

Morocco,

when they tried to reach the Spanish Canary Islands in a boat

,

they reported today .

various associations.

The spokeswoman for the group for the defense of migrants Caminando Fronteras,

Helena Maleno,

reported that a total of 70 people, including 16 women and seven babies, were on board the boat at the time of the shipwreck.

He added that, until yesterday afternoon, the three bodies of three women and two babies were transferred to the morgue of El Aaiún, capital of Western Sahara, and located about 100 kilometers south of Tarfaya.

Sources from the sub-Saharan community in Morocco informed Efe today that most of the victims are from the

Ivory Coast, Senegal and Guinea

and that the boat sank due to the storm.

The Moroccan authorities have not commented so far on what happened, although most of the time these accidents are recorded without there being an official communication.

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