Utopilo se najmanje 26 migranata kod obale Senegala

Members of a search and rescue team make their way to shore during a search to find survivors and retrieve the dead after a pirogue carrying over a hundred migrants sank the night before, in Mbour on September 9, 2024. At least nine people have died after their boat sank off the coast of Senegal on September 8, 2024, in the latest migration-linked tragedy to occur off West Africa. Senegal's coasts, particularly perilous due to the strong currents which sees thousands of deaths and disappearances every year on overloaded and often unseaworthy boats, are one of the main departure points for migrants heading to Europe. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Foto: JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Members of a search and rescue team make their way to shore during a search to find survivors and retrieve the dead after a pirogue carrying over a hundred migrants sank the night before, in Mbour on September 9, 2024. At least nine people have died after their boat sank off the coast of Senegal on September 8, 2024, in the latest migration-linked tragedy to occur off West Africa. Senegal's coasts, particularly perilous due to the strong currents which sees thousands of deaths and disappearances every year on overloaded and often unseaworthy boats, are one of the main departure points for migrants heading to Europe. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Foto: JOHN WESSELS / AFP)

Najmanje 26 migranata se utopilo nakon što je kod obale Senegala potonuo brod koji ih je prevozio, saopštila je senegalska mornarica, a vjeruje se da je broj stradalih veći, jer je na ribarskom brodu bilo više od 200 ljudi.

U saopštenju se navodi da su izvučena tijela 26 žrtava nakon što je brod potonuo nedugo nakon isplovljavanja iz grada Mboura, prenosi Hina.

Uprkos velikom riziku, ljudi iz Senegala i susjednih zemalja u zapadnoj Africi stalno kreću na put dug 1.500 kilometara preko Atlantika do Kanarskih ostrva.

Senegalska mornarica je saopštila da je samo u posljednja tri mjeseca zaustavila više od 1.700 ljudi na brodovima, dok su pokušavali da napuste zemlju.

Prema podacima Međunarodne organizacije Ujedinjenih nacija za migracije, više od 19.000 migranata stiglo je do Kanarskih ostrva sa obale zapadne Afrike između Gvineje i Maroka u prvoj polovini ove godine.

Do juna su na toj ruti život izgubila najmanje 324 migranta, ali se vjeruje da je dosta neprijavljenih slučajeva.

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