Mauritania coastguards retrieve bodies of 89 migrants from Atlantic Ocean

Mauritanian coastguards say nine people - including a young girl - are rescued, but dozens are missing.

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Nine people - including a five-year-old girl - were rescued, but dozens more are missing.

Survivors say the vessel - a traditional fishing boat - set sail last week from the Senegalese-Gambian border area with 170 people on board. It capsized off Mauritania's south-western coast.

Mauritania is a key transit point for migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa, with thousands of boats departing from the country last year.

The most common destination on the perilous route is Spain's Canary Islands.

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