11 sub-Saharans die after boat capsizes off Morocco: Medic

AFP , Wednesday 17 Apr 2013

Eleven sub-Saharan migrants attempting to reach Europe from Morocco die after boat capsizes

Eleven sub-Saharan migrants trying to reach Europe died after their boat capsized off the northern coast of Morocco, medical sources and a human rights group said on Wednesday.

Of the 34 people travelling in the boat, which the Moroccan navy responded to at midday on Tuesday, 10 drowned and one died while being transported to the nearest hospital in the town of Hoceima, a doctor there told AFP by phone.

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