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At least 39 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Senegal, the Senegalese Press Agency (APS) reports.
The interior ministry said one person had been rescued, but the number of people still missing was yet to be established.
The small wooden boat capsized between the capital, Dakar and the northern city of Saint-Louis, as it headed towards Spain’s Canary Islands.
Spanish migrant rights group Walking Borders recorded 635 deaths on the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands between January and May 2026, the highest toll among the routes it monitors.
Saliou Diouf, founder of Senegalese migrant aid group Boza Fii, told the AFP news agency that all the bodies recovered by Sunday evening were Senegalese. The nationalities of other people on board was yet to be established, as search operations continued.
Four bodies were recovered on Monday morning in an advanced state of decomposition and buried following a collective funeral prayer organised by the fire service.
Rescue teams are searching along a 25km (15-mile)- stretch of coastline, but operations have been complicated by difficult access and strong ocean currents, which are pushing bodies further south.
Authorities say 24 of the 39 victims have been identified and their bodies returned to their families, while 11 others are still awaiting identification.
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