Nine men were buried anonymously today in Belem after spending weeks adrift on a boat, found dead on a boat 5,000km away from their port of departure in Mauritania. Who were they and where were they headed? How many more were there? (+)

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BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. The Associated Press apnews.com/article/2c98d9…

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MISE À JOUR : Mardi, les autorités au #Brésil ont déclaré qu'une analyse préliminaire des documents trouvés à bord de la pirogue indiquait que le bateau avait quitté la #Mauritanie après le 17 janvier. (Cc: #RvZoumoul )

Documentos y objetos encontrados en el cayuco hallado en Brasil indican que las victimas eran migrantes Africanos de Mauritania y Mali.

Es probable que murieron intentando llegar a Canarias. La ruta Atlántica es una de las más peligrosas.

#migración The Associated Press apnews.com/article/a09964…

Les documents et objets retrouvés dans la pirogue à la dérive au large de la côte nord du Brésil indiquent que les victimes sont des migrants africains venus de la Mauritanie et du Mali

Ils essayaient probablement d'atteindre les îles Canaries espagnoles #migration
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Documentos e objetos encontrados em barco à deriva no Pará apontam que vítimas eram migrantes africanos, da Mauritânia e do Mali, segundo a Polícia Federal

Provavelmente tentavam chegar às Ilhas Canárias da Espanha, e não ao Brasil. #migration #migração The Associated Press

Ontem pescadores no Pará encontraram um barco cheio de corpos. Autoridades ainda trabalham para recuperá-lo e confirmar o numero de mortos. Pelas imagens feitas pelos pescadores, parece ser uma piroga da Mauritânia, igual a que investigamos ano passado: projects.apnews.com/features/2023/…

We are honored to have ‘Adrift’ recognized by the World Press Photo.

Little could we have imagined when we began working on this story in 2021 that it would lead us across three continents, involve a DNA test and take nearly two years to complete.

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Congratulations to the #WPPh2024 Contest regional winners, selected by an independent jury out of 61,062 entries by 3,851 photographers from 130 countries.

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