The Senegalese navy intercepted greater than 600 Europe-bound migrants off the nation’s coast in three days, based on info revealed by the organisation on Sunday 1 October 2023.
The navy stated on social media that one among its patrol boats had on Saturday boarded two canoes carrying 262 passengers, together with 26 ladies and 13 minors.
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How many individuals have been intercepted?
Saturday’s determine brings the overall variety of folks intercepted to 605 in three days after the navy stopped a ship with 272 passengers on Friday and 71 a day earlier.
The Senegalese navy has, in latest weeks, stepped up its boarding and rescue operations focusing on unlawful migrants. It has intercepted 1,955 would-be migrants since July 1, based on info revealed on its social media.
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On the finish of July, Senegal’s authorities offered a 10-year plan to fight irregular migration from the West African nation with home and exterior financing amid heightened consideration on migrants following a number of tragedies.
The five-pillar plan entails strengthening border administration and regulation enforcement measures towards smugglers and serving to to repatriate and reintegrate migrants in Senegal.
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Migrants attempt to attain Europe regardless of the hazard of the journey
Hundreds of Africans hoping for a greater life attempt yearly to succeed in Europe over the Atlantic regardless of the hazard of the journey, which kills a whole bunch.
They journey aboard modest boats or motorised canoes offered by smugglers who pay for the journey. Many lands within the Canaries, a Spanish archipelago and a gateway to Europe.
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Between January 1 and August 31, the islands noticed 11,439 migrant arrivals, 7.5 per cent greater than over the identical interval in 2022, based on the Spanish Inside Ministry. That is the very best determine for this time of 12 months since not less than 2018, and most probably since 2006.
Because the starting of 2023, 140 migrants have died or disappeared on this crossing, based on knowledge obtained from the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM) in early September.
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