Rabat - The bodies of 11 migrants were recovered and another 32 people were rescued in the sea north of Morocco, authorities in the North African country said on Tuesday. A boat carrying migrants ran into trouble on Monday off the coast of Nador, in the northeast of the kingdom, local authorities told AFP. "Thirty-two sub-Saharan Africans were saved and the bodies of 11 migrants were recovered," the same source said, without giving further details. The death toll was put at 34 dead by organisations that aid migrants. Spanish rights activist Helena Maleno tweeted: "34 dead, among them a baby, when a makeshift boat with 60 people on board sank... off Morocco".

Source: The North Africa Journal October 02, 2018 18:00 UTC