{"id":35621,"date":"2026-01-02T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/02\/seven-bodies-recovered-96-rescued\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:54:00","slug":"seven-bodies-recovered-96-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/02\/seven-bodies-recovered-96-rescued\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven bodies recovered, 96 rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven bodies were recovered \u200band 96 people rescued after a boat potentially carrying more than 200 migrants capsized overnight in northwest Gambia, the country&#8217;s defence ministry said on Thursday, adding search \u2060and recovery operations were continuing.       It was the latest deadly incident along one \u200cof the world&#8217;s most \u2060dangerous migrant routes frequented mostly by West Africans trying to reach Spain via the Canary \u200dIslands.       The boat was reported to have capsized around midnight in the vicinity of a village in Gambia&#8217;s North Bank region, and it was \u2060later found &#8220;grounded on a sandbank,&#8221; the defence ministry said in the statement.       The subsequent rescue mission involved three naval speedboats, a coastal patrol vessel and &#8220;a local fishing canoe&#8221; whose operators \u200cvolunteered to help, the statement said.       Ten of the rescued migrants were in critical condition and receiving urgent medical attention, it said, \u2060without giving their nationalities.       More than 46,000 irregul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven bodies were recovered \u200band 96 people rescued after a boat potentially carrying more than 200 migrants capsized overnight in northwest Gambia, the country&#8217;s defence ministry said on Thursday, adding search \u2060and recovery operations were continuing. 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