The Foreign Office on Saturday issued a statement announcing that 22 Pakistanis who survived a migrant vessel capsizing near Morocco will be repatriated.<\/p>\n
The FO said on January 16 that the boat, carrying 80 passengers, capsized near Morocco, with over 40 Pakistanis reportedly among the dead.<\/p>\n
Migrant rights group Walking Borders said as many as 50 migrants may have drowned in the latest deadly wreck involving people trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain\u2019s Canary Islands.<\/p>\n
Last Saturday, a high-ranking government team was dispatched to Morocco on the orders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to assess the situation. The team conducted detailed interviews of the 21 survivors in the Moroccan town of Dakhla, as well as meetings with officials at the Pakistani embassy in Rabat.<\/p>\n
According to the FO statement issued today, arrangements are being made for the repatriation of 22 Pakistani survivors staying in Dakhla.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing thorough investigations and careful coordination with Moroccan authorities, these individuals will be returned to Pakistan in batches,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
The FO added that the embassy in Rabat has been closely working with Moroccan authorities and that the consular team in Dakhla was \u201cinstrumental\u201d in planning the return of survivors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Foreign Ministry\u2019s Crisis Management Unit (CMU) has been actively engaged in monitoring the situation, providing necessary support to the affected individuals, and maintaining active communication with their families,\u201d the FO added.<\/p>\n
\u201cNational identity verification remained a critical component of this process which was completed expeditiously in coordination with the Interior Ministry and the relevant departments.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement added that the FO is facilitating the repatriation of 11 Pakistanis from Mauritania through a separate process, adding that they have \u201cvoluntarily chosen to return home\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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