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Over 40 Pakistanis died in Moroccan boat tragedy, 13 identified: Islamabad

Islamabad, Feb 4 (UNI) Pakistan's Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday said the identities of 13 of the 40 Pakistanis who died in last month’s Mauritania-Morocco boat tragedy have been confirmed.
The FO said the boat, carrying 80 passengers, capsized near Morocco, with over 40 Pakistanis reportedly among the dead. Migrant rights group Walking Borders said as many as 50 migrants may have drowned in the latest deadly wreck involving people trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands, according to a Dawn report.
Only 22 out of around 66 Pakistanis onboard survived the tragedy. The repatriation of the survivors was completed with the arrival of the last batch of eight survivors at Islamabad airport on Saturday.
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