Italy Investigates discovery of 26 Dead Nigerian Migrant Women Found Adrift at Sea

Italy Investigates discovery of 26 Dead Nigerian Migrant Women Found Adrift at Sea
A member of German NGO Sea-Watch (L) helps a migrant to board a boat after he was recovered in the Mediterranean Sea on Nov. 6, 2017. Alessio Paduano/AFP/Getty Images
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Spanish warship, Cantabria, delivered 374 migrants to the shores of Italy on Nov. 6. Most of them came from sub-Saharan African nations—Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Gambia and Sudan—with a few from Libya.

The ship also delivered a grisly cargo of 26 bodies—all women, mostly teenagers, from Nigeria.