By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
The wreck of the migrant boat that capsized on Friday afternoon has been found on Tébène 2 beach, in north-eastern Senegal. The shipwreck left at least 39 dead, one of the deadliest migration tragedies in the country in recent years, according to France 24.
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The articles follow migrant shipwrecks in Senegal and the evolution of their death toll.
10 NovShipwreck in Senegal: 39 dead and about a hundred missing
10 NovLompoul shipwreck: Senegal’s interior minister visits families10 NovShipwreck off Senegal: death toll rises to 39At least 39 people have died and around 100 are missing after their pirogue sank on Friday 6 November off Kébémer, in north-west Senegal. Only one survivor has been rescued, according to the authorities, and the toll could rise further, according to Info Migrants.
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The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off Lompoul, Senegal, has risen to 39, according to Africanews, after four more bodies were found. The boat, which left Saint-Louis for the Canary Islands, capsized on Friday and only one survivor has been reported.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Africanews ·
The death toll from the shipwreck of a migrant boat off Senegal, between Dakar and Saint-Louis, has reached 39 after new bodies were found on Monday. One passenger survived, according to the Senegalese Press Agency (APS), while several others remain missing.
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The sinking of a pirogue off the Louga region has killed at least 39 people, according to the authorities, near the village of Thieppe. The vessel was trying to reach the Canary Islands, and Interior Minister Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé calls for prosecuting the smugglers responsible for these crossings.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Africanews ·
Eight fishermen suspected of organising clandestine voyages arrested in Saint-Louis, SenegalThe research section of the Saint-Louis gendarmerie arrested eight people, all described as fishermen, on Monday 9 November 2026 on suspicion of organising departures of irregular migrants. They face charges of fraud linked to these clandestine voyages, according to Colonel Ibrahima Ndiaye of the gendarmerie, cited by Seneweb.
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