{"id":14623,"date":"2026-11-08T14:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=14623"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:11:44","slug":"at-least-21-dead-as-small-boat-sinks-off-senegal-migration-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=14623","title":{"rendered":"At least 21 dead as small boat sinks off Senegal | Migration News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senegalese Interior Ministry says one person rescued as search operation continues after migrant vessel capsized.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 8 Nov 2026<\/span>8 Nov 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A small boat carrying migrants and refugees has sunk off northwestern Senegal, killing at least 21 people.<\/p>\n

The Senegalese Interior Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that one person had been rescued in addition to the 21 bodies recovered.<\/p>\n

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The ministry said the death toll was \u201cprovisional\u201d as of late Saturday, adding that the search was still ongoing and the families of the victims were being helped.<\/p>\n

Media reports said the pirogue-type flat-bottomed boat capsized on Saturday off the Loumpoul dunes in the Kebemer department, between Dakar and the northern city of Saint-Louis.<\/p>\n

Le Soleil newspaper said that most of the victims were from the Leona and Thieppe districts in the same department.<\/p>\n

Thousands \u2060of people have \u2060died in recent years attempting to reach Spain\u2019s Canary Islands from West Africa, including \u200c635 in the first five months of this year, according to \u200cmigrant rights \u200cgroup Walking Borders<\/p>\n

Spanish authorities on the Canary Island of El Hierro declared<\/a> an emergency on Saturday after a surge in migrant boat arrivals. Since the start of November, El Hierro authorities said more than 3,300 people had arrived aboard around 30 boats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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