The authorities of Mauritania They confirmed this Monday the death of five Senegalese migrants and the rescue of 540 off its coasts in the last four days. The migrants, mostly Senegalese and accompanied by some Malians and Gambians, were heading to the coasts of Spain, according to the Mauritanian news portal Cridem. In addition, four others are hospitalized.
All of them They traveled in a total of six boats, who had left from Senegal several days apart. Thus, the first ship left Joal on September 18 with 130 people on board; the second from Saint-Louis on September 20 with 83 passengers; the fourth since Kaountine on September 21 with 105 migrants; the fifth and sixth marched from Bargny and Mbour on September 22 with 79 and 72 individuals respectively.