More than 140 people died last week when a boat with approximately 200 migrants on board sank off the coast of Senegal, the International Office for Migration (IOM) announced in a statement Thursday. It depicts the most destructive shipwreck registered this year.
The IOM said in a tweet along with an official statement it was “deeply saddened by this tragedy, which follows four shipwrecks recorded in the Central Mediterranean last week.”
Senegalese authorities had previously said that at least 10 people had died while 60 had been rescued.
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