UN reports 144 dead or missing after migrant boat is stranded at sea for 25 days

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The UN reported that a migrant boat stranded at sea for 25 days near the Canary Islands resulted in 144 dead or missing, including two children who lost their families. A rescue operation from Mauritania saved the surviving passengers.

Two children onboard the boat bound for the Canary Islands lost their entire family before the passengers were picked up by a rescue operation from Mauritania.