DAKAR (Voice of Russia): At least 21 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe illegally capsized near the coast of Senegal, a West African country, while one person was rescued alive. A rescue operation is under way to search for the missing after the accident.<\/p>\n
According to a foreign news agency, Senegal’s Interior Ministry said in a statement issued on Sunday that the boat met with the accident near the coast, about 180 kilometres north of the capital Dakar.<\/p>\n
The Interior Ministry said that by Saturday evening, rescue teams had recovered the bodies of 21 people from the sea, while one person was rescued safely.<\/p>\n
Officials said the people on board the boat were trying to travel to other countries illegally, but the total number of people on the boat is not yet known.<\/p>\n
Search and rescue operations are continuing in the sea after the accident to trace any more possible survivors.<\/p>\n
It is worth noting that every year a large number of migrants take the dangerous sea route from West Africa to reach Spain’s Canary Islands; several boats have capsized during this journey, in which thousands of people have lost their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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