Senegal: an NGO questions the State about “its migration policy” following the Mbour shipwreck

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Senegal: an NGO questions the State about “its migration policy” following the Mbour shipwreck

In Senegal, a week after the capsizing of a canoe that left at least 39 dead and dozens missing off the coast of Mbour, 27 people who were planning to leave were arrested on 14 September in a neighborhood in the same city. While Moustapha Fall, president of the National Association of Migrant Partners, believes that these police operations are necessary, he considers them insufficient: “The State of Senegal should be able to clearly say what its…