Senegal human rights group demands government action after deadly sinking
Summary
A migrant boat sank off Senegal on Sunday, killing at least 39 people; one passenger was rescued and several others remain missing. Senegalese rights group ADHA called for a parliamentary inquiry, while President Bassirou Diomaye Faye offered condolences and pledged action against traffickers.Key Facts
- The boat left Saint-Louis in northern Senegal and was heading toward the Spanish coast.
- It overturned off the Lompoul dunes, about 180km north of Dakar.
- Emergency services raised the reported death toll from 21 to 34 and then to 39 as they found more bodies.
- Senegal’s Interior and Public Security Ministry said the boat carried people seeking to migrate irregularly but did not say how many were aboard.
- ADHA criticized the lack of lasting results from efforts to reduce migrant deaths and called for a parliamentary inquiry.
- The rights group cited €300,000 announced for the Navy and training for more than 300 agents.
- Walking Borders said 635 people died trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa during the first five months of the year.
- El Hierro authorities said more than 3,300 people arrived on about 30 boats since the start of November.
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