Keur Massar: Canoe carrying 142 migrants bound for Spain intercepted

Author: senenews.comPublished on: November 7, 2026Country: Senegal

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Keur Massar: Canoe carrying 142 migrants bound for Spain intercepted

The Keur Massar Research Brigade intercepted a canoe bound for Spain on November 6, 2026, carrying 142 migrants. The group included 40 Senegalese, 93 Gambians and nationals of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Nigeria; among them were 21 women, two infants and two minors. Gendarmes seized an engine and 3,760 litres of fuel. Firefighters rescued migrants suffering from injuries including burns and took them to health centres in Keur Massar and Dalal Jamm Hospital in Guédiawaye.

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