Death toll climbs after migrant boat sinks off Senegal
A migrant boat capsized off Kébémer in northwestern Senegal, and the provisional toll has risen from 21 to as many as 35 dead. Searches continue.
A migrant boat capsized off Kébémer in northwestern Senegal. The provisional death toll has risen from 21 to as many as 35, one person was rescued, and searches continue. Sources disagree on the day of the sinking.
Boats carrying migrants regularly leave West Africa's Atlantic coast for Europe's Canary Islands, a route with frequent deadly sinkings. Senegalese authorities, rights groups and migrant-aid organisations track the casualties, and their counts often differ in the first days.
A migrant boat capsized off Kébémer in northwestern Senegal, and the provisional toll has risen from 21 to as many as 35 dead. Searches continue.