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

A tragic capsizing off the West African coast resulted in the deaths of 50 migrants, including 44 Pakistanis. Survivors have begun returning home, amid calls for government action to repatriate the deceased.

Pakistan said on Thursday it had been informed by its embassy in Morocco that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania and capsized near Dakhla, a Moroccan-controlled port city in the disputed Western Sahara.

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

Pakistan said it had been informed by its embassy in Morocco that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania and capsized near Dakhla, a Moroccan-controlled port city in the disputed Western Sahara. Almost all the ...

The Pakistani government has launched an extensive crackdown on human traffickers, though hundreds of Pakistanis continue to perish annually while attempting to reach Europe. In 2023, an overcrowded boat carrying Pakistani migrants sank off Greece, killing an estimated 350 people in one of the deadliest incidents in the Mediterranean Sea.

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

Pakistan said it had been informed by its ... a Moroccan-controlled port city in the disputed Western Sahara. Almost all the Pakistanis who were on the boat were from cities in the eastern Punjab ...