More than 60 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Cape Verde

More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying mostly Senegalese migrants capsized off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday.

The boat left Senegal on July 10 with 101 passengers on board, and 38 people were rescued, Senegal's foreign ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday.

The survivors were on the Cape Verde island of Sal, where Senegal is liaising with authorities for their repatriation, the ministry said. One of the survivors was from Guinea-Bissau.

The Atlantic migration route from the coast of West Africa to the Canary Islands, typically used by African migrants trying to reach Spain, is one of the world's deadliest. Summer is its busiest period.

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