At least 21 people died when a migrant boat sank off the Senegalese coast, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Authorities rescued one survivor and recovered 21 bodies by Saturday evening, the ministry announced in a statement posted on X.
The incident occurred off Kebemer, a town about 180 km north of Dakar, and search and rescue operations were still underway as officials searched for additional survivors.
The boat was carrying people attempting irregular migration, the statement added, but did not disclose the total number of passengers on board.
Human‑rights group Walking Borders reports that thousands of people have died in recent years trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa, including 635 in the first five months of this year.
