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At least 140 people dead in migrant boat sinking off Senegal

October 30, 2020
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More than 140 people died last week when a vessel carrying around 200 migrants sank off Senegal, in the deadliest shipwreck recorded in 2020 so far, the International Office for Migration (IOM) said in a statement Thursday.

The Senegalese authorities had previously given a toll of at least 10 dead while 60 people had been rescued.

“Local communities have told us that there were around 200 people on board, which means that 140” died at least, an IOM spokeswoman in Dakar, Aissatou Sy said, explaining how the toll had been calculated.

The agency said it was “deeply saddened” by the tragedy, which followed four boat sinkings in the central Mediterranean last week, and another in the Channel.

On Monday, the Senegalese government sounded the alarm about a “resurgence” of migrants trying to reach Europe via a perilous route in the eastern Atlantic — the crossing to Spain’s Canary Islands.

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The archipelago lies more than 100 kilometres from the coast of Africa at its closest point, and the passage is typically made in traditional wooden boats that are usually crammed and poorly maintained.

In the latest case, the vessel left Mbour, a coastal town in western Senegal, on Saturday before a fire broke out onboard a few hours later, the IOM said.

It capsized near the coastal town of Saint-Louis, on the country’s northwestern coast, the agency said. The Senegalese government on Monday said the fire had begun among fuel drums.

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