‘I thought I would be next to die’


Mbaye, one of the survivors of a disastrous attempt to reach Spain last year on a boat that drifted hundreds of miles off course and ended up off the Cape Verde archipelago, points at a group picture on his wall which shows his fishermen friends, three of which have succeeded in their journey to reach Spain, one who died at sea and others who are still in Fass Boye, Senegal. — Reuters

ADRIFT on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one.

Disposing of the bodies became a daily trial for those still alive on the brightly painted wooden fishing boat.

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