Families in Fass Boye, a seaside town 145 km north of the capital Dakar, had reached out to Walking Borders on July 20 after 10 days without hearing from loved ones on the boat. Cape Verde’s National Police said a Spanish fishing vessel came across the fishing boat on Monday, north of the archipelago’s Sal island. It took the survivors on board as it was unable to tow the fishing boat.

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