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Nearly 50 Africans Die Trying To Reach Spain
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Published: November 7, 2007
MADRID, Spain - Dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe spent three weeks at sea off West Africa's coast and threw nearly 50 bodies overboard after their vessel lost power and supplies dwindled, officials said Tuesday.
The boat, which set out from Senegal with as many as 150 people and apparently traveled hundreds of miles, was found Tuesday by a Mauritanian patrol boat, a Spanish Civil Guard official said.
It was one of the highest death tolls this year among Africans trying to escape poverty and reach Europe's southern gateway.
The boat apparently set sail from southern Senegal on Oct. 16 with 143 people aboard, and its motor failed last week off Morocco's coast, much farther to the north.
The Associated Press
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