Senegal navy intercepts over 550 migrants in May

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Those on board were from Senegal or the surrounding region, with at least one of the boats having left from neighbouring The Gambia.

In this file photo taken on March 15, 2022 Migrants wearing life jackets sit in a dinghy as they illegally cross the English Channel from France to Britain. – More than 3,000 people died or went missing in the Mediterranean and Atlantic while trying to reach Europe last year — double the toll from 2020, the United Nations said on April 29, 2022.

The navy stopped four boats carrying a total of 554 migrants between May 7 and Wednesday in territorial waters off the capital Dakar and the north-western city of Saint-Louis, according to posts on X, formerly Twitter.or the surrounding region, with at least one of the boats having left from neighbouring The Gambia, the navy said.

 

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