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Death toll rises to 39 after migrant boat capsizes off Senegal
Only one passenger was rescued alive as search teams continued to recover bodies from the migrant boat that overturned on the Atlantic route.
- On Monday, the death toll from a migrant boat capsize off Senegal rose to 39 following the discovery of more bodies. The vessel overturned Sunday north of Dakar while heading toward the Canary Islands.
- Economic hardship and high unemployment drive young Senegalese to traverse around 800 miles on the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe. Nearly one in four young people in Senegal were unemployed in the second quarter of 2026.
- Only one passenger survived the sinking. The boat departed from Saint-Louis carrying 23 women, two babies, and two other children, according to Senegalese authorities.
- President Bassirou Diomaye Faye offered condolences and pledged to dismantle smuggling networks. "We will relentlessly continue the fight against those who organise these crossings," he said.
- Spanish authorities declared a state of emergency on the island of Hierro on Saturday following a surge in migrant arrivals. More than 3,300 people reached the island in about 30 boats since the beginning of November.
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·Ottawa, Canada
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The death toll following the capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of Senegal has risen to 39. Senegalese emergency services recovered multiple bodies from the water today, a day after the tragic accident. The death toll previously stood at 34. The exact number of people on board the small boat is unknown. One survivor has been found. The boat was traveling from northern Senegal to the Canary Islands, a popular migration route for thousands …
·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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In Senegal, at least 39 people died in the shipwreck of a canoe carrying migrants off the coast of Kébémer, in the north-western part of the country. Search operations are continuing to find any other victims.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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C 29%
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