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.

Pakistan said that the boat, carrying 80 passengers including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania on their way to the Canary Islands.

Pakistan said it had been informed by its ... 50,000 migrants made the journey from northwest Africa to Spain's Canary Islands in 2024, including 178 Pakistanis. Walking Borders said in a report ...

Pakistan said it had been informed by its ... 50,000 migrants made the journey from northwest Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands in 2024, including 178 Pakistanis. Walking Borders said in a ...

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. Pakistan's President Asif Ali ...

Says Pakistan embassy in Morocco making arrangements ... West African countries such as Mauritania and Senegal to the Canary Islands, according to Walking Borders. Last month, more than 80 ...

The boat set sail earlier this month from Mauritania and was reportedly headed to the Spanish Canary Islands ... migrant arrivals from Pakistan in Europe have surged since 2023, with economic ...