Deadly Migrant Shipwrecks Off Mauritania Deepen the Sahel-Atlantic Crisis

Africa · Western Key Facts —July 2026 toll. UNHCR recorded 144 refugees and migrants dead or missing in a series of shipwrecks off Nouadhibou, Mauritania, between 14 and 18 July 2026. —Route dominance. Over 80 percent of boats reaching the Canary Islands in 2024 departed from or transited through Mauritanian waters. —EU funding. The European…