Lompoul shipwreck: 39 dead as Ndiaye calls for action on jobs
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SeneNews
The death toll from the migrant shipwreck at Lompoul, in western Senegal, has now reached 39. Former minister Aly Ngouille Ndiaye has called for action on youth employment to curb departures, according to SeneNews.
Aly Ngouille Ndiaye, a former Senegalese minister and political figure, has called for stronger employment and training for young people following the shipwreck of a pirogue carrying candidates for irregular migration at Lompoul, which killed 39 people. He believes public policies should do more to address the prospects available to young people, SeneNews reports.
The shipwreck initially had an official death toll of 34 and one survivor, before the number of victims rose to 39, according to SeneNews. Senegal’s Interior Minister also announced prosecutions against the organisers involved in the clandestine departures.
