Senegal: Death toll from migrant boat wreck in the north rises from 4 to 21

The death toll from the presumed wreck of a boat carrying people attempting irregular migration off Senegal’s northern coast rose from four to 21. Around 20 bodies were found Saturday afternoon on Lompoul beach in the Kébémer department, after the first victims were reported Friday in Tébène 2. The victims were reportedly mainly from Léona and Thiéppe; Thiéppe mayor Mouhamed Dia decried the conditions in which young people try to reach Europe. The bodies are being held in Kébémer pending identification, and searches for missing people continue; authorities have not disclosed the boat’s departure point or how many people were aboard.