A tragic incident involving migrants attempting to reach Spain from West Africa may have claimed the lives of up to 50 people, including 44 Pakistanis, according to the migrant rights group Walking Borders.

In a tragic incident, a boat carrying 80 migrants attempting to reach Spain capsized near Morocco. Over 40 Pakistanis who were in the boat were reportedly among the dead, PTI reported quoting Pakistani authorities.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death of Pakistani nationals in a boat accident during its journey from West Africa to Spain.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have expressed deep grief over the death of Pakistani nationals in a boat accident during its journey from West Africa to Spain. In their separate condolence messages today, they commiserated with the bereaved families and prayed for higher status in heaven for the departed souls.

The tragedy comes just a day after a similar incident near Morocco killed at least 50 people, including several Pakistanis.

Dar instructed Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior to ensure swift, efficient assistance for Pakistani victims

As many as 50 migrants attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa may have drowned, migrant rights group Walking Borders said on Thursday.

Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people from the boat that had left Mauritania on January 2 with 86 migrants, including 66 Pakistanis, on board.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday expressed grief over the accident of a boat sailing from West Africa to Spain. He prayed for

A Spain-based migrant rights group, Walking Borders, said that 50 people had died on their way to the Canary Islands and that 44 of them were Pakistanis.

GUJRAT/MADRID: Around 50 Pakistanis have died on a migrant boat, while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean illegally to reach Europe, according to an NGO and victims’ families.

As many as 50 migrants attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa are feared to have drowned, according to the migrant rights group Walking