Mauritania intensifies border enforcement, sharply reducing migrant departures from its Atlantic coast

Mauritanian authorities reduced Atlantic migrant departures toward the Canary Islands by 72 percent in the third quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year, according to consolidated coastal guard logs and interception records published this week.

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