The Navy says the search is continuous as many passengers from the ship, which sank off the city of Mbour, are nonetheless lacking.
Senegal’s navy says it has discovered 17 extra our bodies on a ship carrying refugees and migrants that sank off the coast of the West African nation, elevating the loss of life toll to 26.
In a publish on X, the navy stated Tuesday it had recovered “17 lifeless our bodies” after initially saying 9 individuals lifeless following Sunday’s shipwreck off the western metropolis of Mbour.
The search is continuous, the Navy stated. Lots of the ship’s passengers are nonetheless lacking.
The boat, a slim wood fishing vessel referred to as a pirogue, was carrying greater than 100 individuals from the city and capsized after travelling simply 4 kilometres (2.5 miles), state broadcaster Radio Tv Senegalesaise stated late on Sunday.
Witnesses in Mbour stated dozens of individuals had boarded the boat, the AFP information company reported.
An armed forces spokesman instructed Reuters information company on Monday that the navy had despatched a airplane and two ships to seek for the lifeless and survivors.
The coasts of Senegal are one of many important departure factors for 1000’s of refugees and migrants heading to Europe.
The Atlantic route is especially harmful on account of sturdy currents. Hundreds of deaths and disappearances happen every year on overloaded and sometimes unseaworthy vessels.
The route from Africa to the Canary Islands has seen a 154 per cent enhance within the variety of individuals making the journey this 12 months, with 21,620 crossings into the archipelago within the first seven months of 2024, in line with knowledge from the European Union’s border company.
Spanish authorities stated as much as 150,000 extra individuals from Africa might make the journey this 12 months.
Years of battle within the Sahel area, unemployment and the impression of local weather change on farming communities are a number of the causes individuals are attempting to cross.
