Brazilian police belive at least 25 African migrants were traveling in boat found adrift | Video

São Paulo, Apr 16 (EFE).- Brazil's Federal Police said on Tuesday they believe at least 25 African migrants were traveling on the drifting boat discovered last Saturday off the coast of the South American country, although so far only nine bodies have been found.

HANDOUT IMAGES PROVIDED BY BRAZILIAN FEDERAL POLICE.

FOOTAGE: STATEMENTS BY JOSÉ ROBERTO PERES, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE FEDERAL POLICE OF THE STATE OF PARÁ, BRAZIL.

TRANSLATION:

All the work started the moment the Federal Police received the information that there was a boat with bodies in the region of Bragança. At this moment we have already appointed a team, here, from the Federal Police of Pará, to go to the place.

With the information that it was a boat adrift, supposedly with people of another nationality, once there was no report of any missing boat here, in Brazil, we transferred our team from Brasilia, which identifies people, victims of the tragedy.

That team came on Saturday night, travelled on Sunday to Bragança and there we started the work of rescue, towing and removal of the bodies from that boat.

Metadata

Date: 16/04/2024 23:45 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: CEDIDAS
Topic: Politics » Migration
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 55 seconds
Reference: 55013358111
Relevance: Normal