Navy says search continues as many passengers from the vessel, which sank off the city of Mbour, stay lacking.
Senegal’s navy says it has discovered 17 extra our bodies from a ship carrying refugees and migrants that sank off the West African nation, elevating the demise toll to 26.
In a submit on X, the navy mentioned on Tuesday that it had recovered “17 lifeless our bodies” after 9 individuals have been initially introduced lifeless following Sunday’s shipwreck off the western city of Mbour.
The search is ongoing, the navy mentioned. Lots of the vessel’s passengers stay lacking.
The boat – a slender, wood fishing vessel often known as a pirogue – was carrying greater than 100 individuals from the city, and it capsized after crusing solely 4km (2.5 miles), state broadcaster Radio Tv Senegalaise mentioned late on Sunday.
Witnesses in Mbour have been quoted as saying that dozens of individuals had boarded the boat, the AFP information company reported.
A spokesperson for the armed forces informed the Reuters information company on Monday that the navy had despatched a aircraft and two boats to seek for the lifeless and survivors.
Senegal’s coasts are one of many main departure points for 1000’s of refugees and migrants heading to Europe.
The Atlantic route is especially perilous because of the sturdy currents. 1000’s of deaths and disappearances happen yearly on overloaded, typically unseaworthy boats.
The route from Africa to the Canary Islands has seen a 154 % surge in individuals making the journey this 12 months with 21,620 crossings to the archipelago within the first seven months of 2024, in accordance with knowledge from the European Union’s border company.
Spanish authorities mentioned as many as 150,000 extra individuals from Africa could also be set to make the crossing this 12 months.
Years of battle within the Sahel area, unemployment and the impression of local weather change on farming communities are among the many the reason why individuals try the crossing.
