Survivors of the last shipwreck registered on the Canarian route will be able to return to Pakistan. The country’s foreign ministry is coordinating the repatriation of the 22 Pakistani who were rescued alive by the Moroccan authorities on January 16. A team from the Pakistan Embassy in Rabat moved to Dakhla, in the Western Sahara, to attend migrants, after the tragedy in which at least 50 people lost their lives.
The Cayuco went on January 2 with 86 people on board, including 66 Pakistani. After 13 days of crossing, the precarious boat was accidentded, as reported by the Caminando Bordras collective.
” After a thorough investigation and careful coordination with the Moroccan authorities, these people will be returned to Pakistan, ” the Pakistani government said on its official website and in their social networks.
The Foreign Ministry activated the Crisis Management Unit (CMU) to participate ” actively ” in the monitoring of the situation, offering support to affected people and maintaining an “ active communication with their families. ”
The Pakistan executive is also facilitating the return to his country of eleven citizens who were in Mauritania, waiting to take the immigration route to the Canary Islands. ” These people have voluntarily chose to return home and will be part of a separate repatriation process, ” says the statement.
” The well -being of Pakistani citizens abroad remains an important priority of the government and will continue working to expand all possible facilitations in this regard, ” the government says.
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