More than 60 Feared Dead After A Migrant Boat Is Rescued in Atlantic

 Dozens of migrants are feared dead after a boat that left Senegal with more than 100 people onboard over a month ago was rescued by the coast guard in Cabo Verde with just 38 survivors onboard, officials said.

The boat was rescued by the coast guard in Cabo Verde, about 385 miles off the coast of West Africa, on Tuesday after departing Senegal on July 10, a spokesperson for the United Nations International Organization of Migration told NBC News. At least seven people were found dead, while 38 survivors were located, including several children, the spokesperson, Safa Msehli, said, NBC News reported.

Around 101 people were believed to be onboard the boat when it departed Senegal and the roughly 56 people still unaccounted for are presumed to have died, Msehli said.