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The wooden pirogue lacked an engine and carried young men primarily from Gambia, highlighting ongoing migration challenges despite increased patrols, officials said.
- Senegalese marines intercepted a pirogue carrying 112 migrants off Dakar's coast on September 16, 2025, and brought them ashore at Ouakam Beach.
- Authorities were notified by fishermen about a wooden boat without an engine that was drifting, after which the fishermen provided a motor to help the migrants reach the shore.
- All migrants were young men from neighboring Gambia who had been at sea for five days on an overcrowded, ill-equipped vessel while attempting the perilous Atlantic crossing to Europe.
- Mayor Abdoul Aziz Gueye explained that local fishermen provided a motor which the migrants utilized to get closer to the coastline before Senegalese marines apprehended them, and he noted that authorities are conducting an investigation into the matter.
- The interception underscores ongoing difficulties with irregular migration along the Atlantic corridor, despite strengthened partnerships and joint efforts between European and West African countries aimed at tackling the underlying factors.
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sowetanlive.co.zaSenegal intercepts boat carrying 112 migrants attempting Atlantic crossing
Senegalese authorities intercepted 112 migrants aboard a long wooden fishing boat known as a pirogue off the coast of Dakar on Tuesday as they attempted to reach Europe via a perilous Atlantic Ocean route, officials said.
In Senegal, a canoe filled with migrants on their way to Europe was rescued off the coast of Dakaro on Tuesday 16 September. While his captain had abandoned the adrift passengers...
Senegal intercepts pirogue carrying 112 migrants attempting Atlantic crossing
Senegalese authorities intercepted 112 migrants aboard a long wooden fishing boat known as a pirogue off the coast of Dakar on Tuesday as they attempted to reach Europe via a perilous Atlantic Ocean route, officials said.
On Tuesday, 16 September 2025, the Environment section of the national gendarmerie rescued about 100 candidates for irregular emigration in difficulty off the Mamelles, near Dakar. According to the first elements of the investigation, the canoe had left the Gambian coast to Spain. However, after having undergone a technical breakdown on the high seas, it drifted to the vicinity of Dakar. The captain, for his part, abandoned its passengers before…
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