SENEGAL: At the least 30 our bodies have been discovered on a ship drifting off the coast of Senegal‘s capital, the army stated Monday, because the variety of migrants leaving West Africa will increase.
The navy was knowledgeable of the vessel’s presence on Sunday night and despatched out a ship patrol to the world, 70 kilometers (38 nautical miles) from Dakar, Ibrahima Sow, spokesperson for Senegal’s army stated in a press release.
“Thus far, 30 our bodies have been counted,” Sow stated.
The superior state of decomposition of the our bodies is making the identification course of very troublesome, the army stated, including that investigations will present extra info on the demise toll and the boat’s origin.
Earlier this month, a ship carrying 89 folks on board capsized off the coast of Senegal. At the least 37 folks died, in line with Senegalese authorities.
Most of the migrants leaving West Africa by means of Senegal flee battle, poverty and a scarcity of jobs. Most head to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of West Africa, which is used as a stepping stone to continental Europe.
For the reason that starting of the yr, greater than 22,300 folks have landed on the Canary Islands, 126% greater than the identical interval final yr, in line with statistics launched by Spain’s Inside Ministry.
Final month, the Senegalese military stated it had arrested 453 migrants and “members of smuggling networks” as a part of a 12-day operation patrolling the shoreline. Greater than half of these arrested have been Senegalese nationals, the military stated.
In July, a ship carrying 300 migrants, largely from Gambia and Senegal, capsized off Mauritania. Greater than a dozen died and a minimum of 150 others went lacking.
The Atlantic route from West Africa to the Canary Islands is without doubt one of the deadliest on the earth. Whereas there is no such thing as a correct demise toll due to the ignorance on departures from West Africa, the Spanish migrant rights group Strolling Borders estimates the victims are within the 1000’s this yr alone.
Migrant vessels that get misplaced or run into issues typically vanish within the Atlantic, with some drifting throughout the ocean for months till they’re discovered within the Caribbean and Latin America carrying solely human stays.
The navy was knowledgeable of the vessel’s presence on Sunday night and despatched out a ship patrol to the world, 70 kilometers (38 nautical miles) from Dakar, Ibrahima Sow, spokesperson for Senegal’s army stated in a press release.
“Thus far, 30 our bodies have been counted,” Sow stated.
The superior state of decomposition of the our bodies is making the identification course of very troublesome, the army stated, including that investigations will present extra info on the demise toll and the boat’s origin.
Earlier this month, a ship carrying 89 folks on board capsized off the coast of Senegal. At the least 37 folks died, in line with Senegalese authorities.
Most of the migrants leaving West Africa by means of Senegal flee battle, poverty and a scarcity of jobs. Most head to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of West Africa, which is used as a stepping stone to continental Europe.
For the reason that starting of the yr, greater than 22,300 folks have landed on the Canary Islands, 126% greater than the identical interval final yr, in line with statistics launched by Spain’s Inside Ministry.
Final month, the Senegalese military stated it had arrested 453 migrants and “members of smuggling networks” as a part of a 12-day operation patrolling the shoreline. Greater than half of these arrested have been Senegalese nationals, the military stated.
In July, a ship carrying 300 migrants, largely from Gambia and Senegal, capsized off Mauritania. Greater than a dozen died and a minimum of 150 others went lacking.
The Atlantic route from West Africa to the Canary Islands is without doubt one of the deadliest on the earth. Whereas there is no such thing as a correct demise toll due to the ignorance on departures from West Africa, the Spanish migrant rights group Strolling Borders estimates the victims are within the 1000’s this yr alone.
Migrant vessels that get misplaced or run into issues typically vanish within the Atlantic, with some drifting throughout the ocean for months till they’re discovered within the Caribbean and Latin America carrying solely human stays.
