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The ministry said the boat sank off the coast of the town of
Kébémer, north of Dakar. It added that Senegal’s interior
minister will visit the site on Monday.
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye offered condolences to
the survivors and families of the victims in a statement.
“No one should set out with the sea as their only horizon. We
will relentlessly continue the fight against those who organize
these crossings and the work that gives our young people reasons
to hope here,” he said on X.
The Atlantic migration route from West Africa to Spain's Canary
Islands is one of the deadliest in the world. At least 635
people died in the first five months of 2026, according to the
Spanish rights group Walking Borders.
The group said for every 100 migrants that made it to the Canary
Islands in that period, around 21 died.
In July, the United Nations refugee agency said nearly 150
people died or went missing within the space of one week from
boats that sank off Mauritania as they were trying to make their
way to Europe. It added that almost 400 people were rescued.
On New Year's Eve 2025, a boat carrying more than 200 migrants
sank off the coast of Gambia. Red Cross officials reported that
44 bodies were recovered.
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