Seven African migrants’ bodies retrieved off Algeria coast

Algeria retrieves bodies of seven African migrants after their boat capsizes offshore.

CAIRO - Algerian authorities have retrieved the bodies of seven African migrants whose boat capsized offshore, Ennahar TV reported on Monday.

It said six more migrants had been transferred to hospital for treatment.

Over 41,900 migrants and refugees reached Spain by sea during 2021 while 4,404 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain, the worst toll since 2015, according to the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras,