International Desk : At least 60 people have been killed after a boat carrying migrants was found off Cape Verde in West Africa.

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Thirty-eight people, including children, were rescued on the island of Sal, reports BBC.

Almost all people on board the boat, which was at sea for over a month, are thought to have been from Senegal.

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Cape Verde officials have called for global action on migration to help prevent further loss of life.

Police told the AFP news agency that Initial reports suggested the boat had sunk but it was later clarified that it had been found drifting.

The survivors include four children aged between 12 and 16, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.

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Senegal's foreign ministry said that the boat had left the country on 10 July with 101 passengers on board.

The ministry said it was liaising with authorities in Cape Verde for the repatriation of survivors.

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At least 559 people died trying to reach the Canary Islands in 2022, according to figures from the IOM, while 126 people died or went missing on the same route in the first six months of this year with 15 shipwrecks recorded.

At least 15 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of the Senegalese capital Dakar in late July.

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