The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region have been buried in a cemetery in Belem, Para state’s capital. Fishermen off the coast of Para found a boat adrift on April 13, carrying the bodies that were already decomposing.
Cemetery workers carry the coffin that contains the remains of an unidentified migrant, at the Sao Jorge cemetery, in Belem, Para state, Brazil , Thursday, April 25, 2024. The bodies of nine migrants found on an Africa n boat off the northern coast of Brazil ’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony. off the northern coast of Brazil ’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem.
Their roughly 12-meter boat was carrying 25 raincoats and 27 mobile phones, suggesting the original number of passengers was significantly higher. This also implies that people of other nationalities may have been among the deceased, local officials have said.Brazil’s president creates two new Indigenous territories, bringing total in his term to 10It was a rustic blue-and-white fiberglass boat that, when found, had neither motor, tiller nor rudder.
This year the number of people attempting the crossing from the northwest coast of Africa to the EU has seen a 500% spike, with the majority departing from Mauritania, according to Spain’s interior ministry. But it is a dangerous route with strong Atlantic winds, and boats that go off course can stay adrift for months and be swept away to distant destinations, often leading migrants to die of dehydration and malnutrition.
Bachirou Saw of Mauritania buried one of his nephews earlier this year who had died during the arduous Atlantic crossing shortly after reaching the Spanish island of El Hierro. He’s still looking for another nephew, Kadija Saw, who departed in January and is nowhere to be found. He’s following news from Brazil closely.
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