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Illegal migrant boat disaster in Senegal claims at least 39 lives
West AfricaLara Jameson/Pexels The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying illegal migrants off Senegal's coast has risen to 39, the official Senegalese Press Agency (APS) said on Monday,(9 Nov.) as search and rescue efforts continued and activists demanded an investigation into the government's response to illegal migration.

Illegal migrant boat disaster in Senegal claims at least 39 lives

The incident occurred off Kebemer, a town about 180 kilometres (112 miles) north of Dakar, and the interior ministry on Sunday had put the death toll at 21, with one survivor rescued.     Four bodies, found on Monday morning in an advanced state of decomposition, were buried after a collective funeral prayer organised by firefighters, APS reported.     The boat was carrying people seeking to migrate illegally, the interior ministry statement said. It did not say how many were on board.    

Thousands of people have died in recent years attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands from West Africa, including 635 in the first five months of this year, according to open-borders activist group Walking Borders.

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