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      Advocates Renew Calls for Safe 'Pathways to Migration' as 60+ People Likely Drown off Cabo Verde

      "We all—all the nations—have to sit down at the table and see what we can do so that we don't lose any more lives at sea," said Cabo Verde's health minister.

      Brett Wilkins
      Aug 17, 2023

      Human rights defenders on Thursday called on the international community to work together to better protect migrants making the perilous journey from Africa to Europe amid reports that scores of people likely drowned after the boat on which they were traveling was found adfrit in the Atlantic Ocean near Cabo Verde.

      At least 63 migrants are believed to have died at sea after their pirogue, or wooden Senegalese fishing boat, was found floating approximately 150 nautical miles off the island of Sala in the West African archipelago nation, the United Nations' International Office for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday. Seven bodies were found aboard the boat, while an estimated 56 people are missing.

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      Greenpeace Activists Wounded After Being Rammed by Spanish Navy

      Greenpeace Activists Wounded After Being Rammed by Spanish Navy

      The incident took place during a non-violent direct action against oil drilling in the Canary Islands

      Sarah Lazare
      Nov 17, 2014

      Greenpeace activists were wounded Saturday in what appears to be the deliberate ramming of their boats by Spanish Navy vessels during a non-violent direct action against oil drilling in the Canary Islands.

      The incident was captured on film by Greenpeace Spain (warning: contents may be disturbing):

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