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44 Pakistani citizens who were going to Europe illegally have died by drowning in the Atlantic Ocean. According to Pakistani website Dawn, a boat going from West Africa to Spain sank near Dakhla Port in Morocco.
There were more than 80 people on the boat. More than 50 people died in this, mostly Pakistanis. According to reports, the ship carrying people had gone missing during the journey. An attempt was made to find it but it could not be found then.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed grief over this accident and talked about taking steps to stop human trafficking. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sought a report on the incident from the authorities and said that strict action will be taken against those involved in the heinous act of human trafficking.
In 2023, a boat carrying illegal immigrants sank in the same area of Greece, resulting in the death of 262 Pakistanis.
A day before also the boat had sunk, 36 people were saved Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that its embassy in Morocco is in touch with local authorities. The ministry said in a statement, ‘Our Embassy in Rabat (Morocco) has informed us that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including many Pakistani nationals, which had departed from Mauritania, capsized near the port of Dakhla in Morocco. Many survivors, including Pakistanis, are staying in a camp near Dakhla. ,
A similar accident was witnessed a day before the boat capsizing incident. Moroccan authorities had rescued 36 people from a boat a day earlier.
This boat had left from Mauritius on January 2 with 86 migrants. 66 Pakistanis were also included in these migrants. The CEO of Walking Borders has informed on social media that 44 of the people who drowned were from Pakistan.
More than 10 thousand people will die while going to Europe in 2024 Every year millions of Pakistanis migrate to Europe in search of a better life. Most of these people use illegal methods. According to the Frontex agency working on migrants, last year more than 2.4 lakh people were successful in entering Europe without any documents.
Another agency, Walking Borders, said 10,457 people are expected to die trying to reach Spain in 2024. Most of them died while traveling from West African countries like Mauritania and Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands.