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Death toll rises to 39 after migrant boat capsizes off Senegal
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The discovery of more bodies in Senegalese waters on Monday raised the death toll to 39 after a migrant boat capsized over the weekend, authorities said. Only one passenger had been rescued and an operation to find others was ongoing, the Interior Ministry said.
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At least 21 dead after boat carrying migrants sinks off Senegal coast, interior ministry says
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Death toll rises to 39 after migrant boat capsizes off Senegal
At least 21 people died and one survivor was rescued after a migrant boat sank off Senegal’s northwestern coast. Search operations continued, and authorities said the provisional death toll could rise.
The incident occurred near Kebemer off the coast of northwestern Senegal. Authorities on El Hierro in the Canary Islands have declared an emergency after a marked increase in migrant boat arrivals
The incident occurred near Kebemer off the coast of northwestern Senegal. Authorities on El Hierro in the Canary Islands have declared an emergency after a marked increase in migrant boat arrivals.
The incident occurred near Kebemer off the coast of northwestern Senegal. Authorities on El Hierro in the Canary Islands have declared an emergency after a marked increase in migrant boat arrivals.
A boat carrying migrants along the hazardous Atlantic Ocean route from West Africa to Europe sank off the coast of Senegal, killed at least 34 people, authorities said Sunday. Only one survivor has so far been found, and "an indeterminate number" are still missing.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The discovery of more bodies in Senegalese waters on Monday raised the death toll to 39 after a migrant boat capsized over the weekend, authorities said. Only one passenger had been rescued and an operation to find others was ongoing, the Interior Ministry said.
At least 39 people have died after a migrant boat capsized off Senegal, one of the country's deadliest migration tragedies in recent years. We'll try to understand why so many are still willing to put their lives at risk, with our guest Aissata Kane from the International Organization for Migration.
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