At Least 21 Dead After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Senegal: Authorities
- About 20 bodies were recovered from Lompoul Beach in northern Senegal on Saturday, according to the Senegalese Press Agency, citing a security source.
- Gendarmes and firefighters found the bodies near Tebene and took them for identification.
- Officials had not determined what caused the incident or how many people were aboard.
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The bodies have been located by the local authorities on the shore of the beach of Lompul, in the north of the country At least twenty bodies have been recovered this Saturday on the beach of Lompul, in the Senegalese department of Kébémer, located in the north of the country, just a day after a boat was stranded off the coast, according to the state news agency APS. According to the first information, the bodies have been located by the local a…
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The tragedy occurred off the coast of Kébémer, in northwestern Senegal. At least 21 bodies were found after the sinking of a migrant boat, while only one rescued was recorded by the authorities.
At least 21 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal, authorities said. In a statement on Sunday, Senegal's Interior Ministry said the boat (known as a "pirogue") ran into difficulties near Kébémer, in the northwest of the country. Search and rescue operations are ongoing and one survivor has been found so far, the ministry said. "On behalf of the President of the Republic and the government, the Minister…
Thousands of people have been trying for years to smuggle through Europe on the Atlantic route, aboard overcrowded boats, which are often old-fashioned.
The migrants were trying to reach Europe. The accident happened on Saturday.
On the coast of Senegal, a new tragedy has cost the lives of at least 21 people who were trying to reach Europe, an investigation is still under way.
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