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More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants was found off Cape Verde in West Africa, reports BBC.
Thirty-eight people, including children, were rescued, with footage showing them being helped ashore, some on stretchers, on the island of Sal.
Almost all those on board the boat, which was at sea for over a month, are thought to have been from Senegal.
The boat left the Senegalese fishing village of Fasse Boye on 10 July with 101 people on board, Senegal's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, citing survivors.
The survivors include four children aged between 12 and 16, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration said.
Cape Verde officials have called for global action on migration to help prevent further loss of life.
The vessel was first spotted on Monday. Initial reports suggested the boat had sunk but it was later clarified that it had been found drifting.
The wooden pirogue style boat was seen almost 320km (200 miles) off Sal, a part of Cape Verde, by a Spanish fishing boat, which then alerted authorities, police said.
The passengers' other countries of origin reportedly include Sierra Leone and, in one case, Guinea-Bissau.
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