Pakistan's foreign ministry says a group of migrants who survived the capsizing of a boat off the coast of West Africa earlier this month have begun returning to Pakistan.

“Fifty people have died on a boat headed for the Canary Islands, 44 of whom were Pakistani,” CEO of Caminando Fronteras / Walking Borders Helena Maleno, wrote on X. “They spent 13 agonising days at sea without rescuers reaching them.”

Pakistani men, including some with a level of financial stability, are embarking on a dangerous new route to Europe.

Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people from the boat that had left Mauritania on January 2 with 86 migrants, including 66 Pakistanis, on board.

According to the migrant rights group Walking Borders a sad occurrence involving migrants seeking to reach Spain from West Africa may have killed up to 50 pe

In a tragic incident, a migrant boat capsized off the African coast; over 40 Pakistanis were feared drowned; President Zardari has condoled the deaths.

Total of 10,547 migrants died trying to reach Spain by boat last year, according to monitoring group Caminando Fronteras

It says it continue to experience the arrival of large numbers of migrants on the archipelago.

Spain’s marine rescue service on Thursday said that more than 550 migrants have reached its Canary Islands in boats over the past two days

More than 40 Pakistanis are feared drowned after a migrant boat capsized off West Africa, highlighting the dangers of human trafficking.

said that 50 people had died in the capsizing of a boat on its way to the Canary Islands. It reported that 44 of them were from Pakistan. The European Union's border agency, Frontex, said ...

said that 50 people had died on their way to the Canary Islands and that 44 of them were Pakistanis. The group said that the migrants began their journey on Jan. 2. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also expressed his sorrow over the deaths. Pakistan said it ...