Sudanese migrants in Morocco take part in a protest outside the UNHCR office in Rabat to commemorate the deaths of 37 migrants last year as they attempted to cross the border from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla, on June 24, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

TUNIS – At least six migrants died after their boat sank off Morocco, the MAP state news agency said on Friday on its Facebook page.

It added that the boat struck rocks and the six people drowned. Forty-eight others survived.

Authorities launched search operations.