17 found dead after migrant boat capsizes off coast of Senegal’s capital city

• A ship capsized off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, killing at the very least 17 individuals.
• Our bodies of the passengers who have been on the capsized boat washed up on the Senegalese capital’s coast round July 24, 2023.
• Migrant deaths at sea have gotten extra frequent in Senegal, in keeping with a neighborhood Senegalese deputy mayor.

Not less than 17 individuals have been discovered useless after a ship capsized in Senegal’s capital, native officers mentioned Monday.

The our bodies have been found by the navy early within the morning and are believed to be migrants due to the kind of boat they have been in, mentioned Ndeye High Gueye, the deputy mayor of the Ouakam neighborhood of Dakar the place the our bodies have been discovered.

“Due to the scale and form, we all know that it’s a pirogue (a protracted wood boat),” she mentioned.

Whereas that is the primary time our bodies have washed up within the neighborhood, migrant deaths at sea have gotten extra frequent in Senegal, she mentioned.

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“It’s not the primary time, it’s the umpteenth time. The federal government must take countermeasures.”

It was unclear the place the individuals have been coming from, what nationalities they have been or the place they have been going. However the Atlantic migration route is without doubt one of the deadliest on this planet, with almost 800 individuals dying or going lacking within the first half of 2023, in keeping with Strolling Borders a Spanish support group.

Folks attempt to pull a capsized boat ashore on the seashore the place a number of individuals have been discovered useless in Dakar, Senegal, on July 24, 2023.  (AP Picture/Leo Correa)

Lately, the Canary Islands have grow to be one of many predominant locations for individuals making an attempt to achieve Spain, with a peak of greater than 23,000 migrants arriving in 2020, in keeping with Spain’s Inside Ministry.

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The boats primarily journey from Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania, with fewer coming from Senegal. Nonetheless, locals and officers say there’s been a surge of boats leaving Senegal this yr.

Elements comparable to ailing economies, a scarcity of jobs, extremist violence, political unrest and the influence of local weather change push migrants to danger their lives on overcrowded boats to achieve the Canaries. Final month in Senegal, at the very least 23 individuals have been killed throughout weeks of protests between opposition supporters and police.

On the seashore the place the our bodies have been discovered, Associated Press reporters noticed rescuers and volunteers working collectively to drag the capsized boat ashore. Garments from the deceased washed onto the aspect and lay in a pile whereas authorities coordinated a response.

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The tragedy on Monday is the most recent in a string of rescued boats and our bodies discovered alongside Senegal’s coast.

Earlier this month, eight migrants have been discovered useless after a ship capsized off the coast of northern Senegal because it tried to achieve Europe, and 7 individuals have been discovered useless and 50 rescued on one other vessel found off the coast of the northern city of Saint-Louis. Not less than 90 persons are feared lacking from that boat.