Boat carrying 400 illegal migrants docks in Mauritania

A boat carrying 400 illegal migrants was finally allowed to dock in Mauritania today, after being stranded for 10 days in international waters off the north-west African country’s coast, government officials said.

The wooden boat, known as the Marin 1, came ashore at the fishing port of Nouadhibou, 290 miles north of the capital of Nouakchott, said Mohamed Yahya Ould Mohamed Vall, the governor of Nouadhibou.