{"id":142118,"date":"2021-08-29T09:47:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T01:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=142118"},"modified":"2021-08-29T09:47:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T01:47:13","slug":"senegal-navy-searches-for-dozens-lost-after-migrant-boat-capsizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=142118","title":{"rendered":"Senegal navy searches for dozens lost after migrant boat capsizes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2021\/08\/28\/image-14048-1630164168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"839\" height=\"558\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DAKAR, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The Senegalese navy was carrying out a search and rescue mission on Saturday after a boat carrying about 60 migrants capsized earlier in the week, according to a military statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boat flipped over about 15 kilometres off the northern city of Saint-Louis. The accident happened on Wednesday night, the navy statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those on board were trying to reach Spain, naval spokesman Ameth Sow told local TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senegal is a popular jumping-off point for migrants trying to make the hazardous journey to the Spanish-owned Canary Islands &#8212; a gateway to the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The navy &#8220;rescued 11 people, including eight Senegalese and three Gambians, and recovered a lifeless body,&#8221; the navy statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The search is being conducted with the Spanish Guardia Civil, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senegal receives assistance from the EU for its efforts to control illegal migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would-be migrants often try to reach the Canary Islands by canoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Organisation for Migration reported 140 deaths in a single shipwreck off the coast of Senegal at the end of October 2020, a figure disputed by the Senegalese government. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\" alt=\"facebook sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\" alt=\"twitter sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/messenger.svg\" alt=\"messenger sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/whatsapp.svg\" alt=\"whatsapp sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/sharethis.svg\" alt=\"sharethis sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAKAR, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The Senegalese navy was carrying out a search and rescue mission on Saturday after a boat carrying about 60 migrants capsized earlier in the week, according to a military statement. The boat flipped over about 15 kilometres off the northern city of Saint-Louis. The accident happened on Wednesday night, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":142120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142118"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}