Surviving migrants, from the boat misplaced at sea throughout July and located in Cape Verde with a number of survivors, arrive on the runway on the Dakar-Ouakam Air Base, in Dakar, Senegal August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione/File Picture
SAINT LOUIS, Senegal — The Senegalese Navy mentioned on Sunday it had stopped two extra boats carrying 262 would-be migrants late the earlier night time, taking the whole to 5 boats intercepted and over 600 individuals rescued by a navy patrol boat since Thursday.
These rescued included 26 ladies and 13 minors, the navy mentioned in a submit on social media platform X, sharing pictures of dozens of individuals on a patrol boat and others seated in rows on a quay.
The successive rescues comes in the course of the busy summer time season when 1000’s of migrants courageous the a whole lot of miles of ocean separating Africa from Europe every year in a determined seek for a greater life.
In August, solely 37 survived after a migrant boat carrying 101 individuals from Senegal was discovered to have been adrift within the ocean with out gas for weeks.
From Senegal, they depart fishing villages and cities alongside the nation’s Atlantic shorelines in brightly painted fishing vessels for the open ocean, overloaded with individuals with no shelter from the weather.
One other fishing boat on Saturday carrying greater than 100 individuals from the south of the nation ran aground within the coastal metropolis of Saint Louis when it was compelled to show round by excessive winds, witnesses mentioned.
Movies shared on X confirmed the boat being tossed by waves near a seaside as dozens of would-be migrants soar off and attempt to swim ashore.
“We have been on the seaside chilling when abruptly we noticed a pirogue arriving with migrants on board. After they bought nearer to the shore, they have been frantically leaping into the water,” mentioned Fallou Ndir, a 19-year outdated Saint Louis resident. “All of us rushed to witness this though right here, it’s frequent.”
The migrants soar off to keep away from arrest by the navy, he mentioned, including that they mix into the inhabitants and disappear as soon as on dry land.
On Sunday morning a Reuters reporter noticed the deserted boat on the Saint Louis seaside being stripped aside by younger males who plan to make use of the wooden to rebuild one other boat.
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