More than 60 migrants are believed to have died after a boat carrying them from Senegal capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, the authorities said this week. The boat capsized at some point after leaving Senegal on July 10, the Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Senegalese Foreign Ministry. A Spanish fisherman found the boat floating about 150 miles north of Cape Verde’s Salt Island, the country’s national police said on Monday. The islands of Cape Verde lie several hundred miles west of Senegal. She said seven people had been confirmed dead and 56 others were still missing.

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