At least 21 people died after a boat carrying migrants sank off Kébémer in northwestern Senegal, the country’s interior ministry said Sunday, Nov. 8, the Associated Press reported. One person was found alive as of Saturday evening, the ministry said.
What we know
The ministry called the death toll provisional, and the search continued, Al Jazeera reported. The ministry did not say how many people were aboard, the AP reported. Media reports said the wooden pirogue capsized Saturday off the Loumpoul dunes, between Dakar and Saint-Louis, according to Al Jazeera.
Most of the victims came from the Leona and Thieppe districts of Kébémer department, the newspaper Le Soleil reported, according to Al Jazeera.
Government response
The interior minister “pays tribute to the memory of the victims and offers his sincere condolences to the bereaved families,” the ministry said, Euronews reported. The government restated its “determination to combat people-smuggling networks,” Euronews reported. The minister will visit the site Monday, the AP reported.
The Atlantic route
At least 635 people died on the route to the Canary Islands in the first five months of 2026, the Spanish rights group Walking Borders said, according to the AP. Spanish authorities declared an emergency on El Hierro on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported. More than 3,300 people have reached the island since the start of November, officials there said. The Boston Report covered the surge in arrivals on El Hierro. More coverage is in The Boston Report’s World News section.
Sources
- Associated Press (via ABC News): At least 21 dead after boat carrying migrants sinks off Senegal coast
- Al Jazeera: At least 21 dead as small boat sinks off Senegal
- Euronews: At least 21 dead after migrant boat capsizes off Senegal
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