Reuters —Senegalese authorities on Monday brought home 37 migrants who were rescued off the coast of Cape Verde last week after their boat was stranded without fuel in the Atlantic Ocean for weeks. The survivors, mainly from the fishing village of Fass Boye, landed on Monday evening. Some were taken out of the plane on stretchers, too weak to stand after their ordeal. Authorities organized their repatriation from the Cape Verde island of Sal, where a Senegalese doctor who helped translate between survivors and authorities explained the boat ran out of fuel. Thousands of migrants brave the hundreds of miles of ocean separating Africa from Europe each year in a desperate search for a better livelihood and work opportunities.

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Persons: Fass Boye, “, Medoune Ndiaye, Anette Seck, ”, Abdou Karim Sarr Organizations: Reuters, Authorities, International Organization for Migration Locations: Cape Verde, Senegal, West Africa, Canary, Spain, Sal, Spanish, Africa, Europe