Spain Ministry of the Interior

Force in Play

Pressing Senegal for a joint response to Canary Islands arrivals

Senegalese search teams have recovered 39 bodies from a wooden boat that capsized off the Lompoul dunes near Kebemer, and one person survived. The boat left Saint-Louis for the Canary Islands; 24 victims have been identified and returned to their families, and 11 still await identification.

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