Four dead after canoe runs aground off Kébémer
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
A canoe carrying alleged irregular migration candidates ran aground off Tébène 2, in Kébémer department, leaving four people dead. Several survivors left the area on foot after the incident, according to Thiéppe mayor Mouhamed Dia, cited by the Senegalese Press Agency and Senego.
Several occupants of the canoe that ran aground off Tébène 2, in Kébémer department, survived before fleeing through an area of filaos, according to Thiéppe mayor Mouhamed Dia, cited by the Senegalese Press Agency (APS). The elected official called on young people to favour opportunities for success in Senegal rather than irregular departures for Europe.
Mouhamed Dia also deplored the persistence of attempts to make clandestine crossings, following the discovery of four bodies of alleged migrants at Tébène 2. The discovery of the four bodies at Tébène 2 had been reported on 6 November.
