40 migrants drown in shipwreck off Mauritanian coast
UNHCR says only one person in the boat that was carrying migrants and refugees survived.
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UNHCR says only one person in the boat that was carrying migrants and refugees survived.
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Around 60,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year
