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Sometimes, they refute reports of missing people - this month, Spanish rights group Walking Borders rang the alarm that 300 Senegalese were missing, and the government called the statements unfounded. Senegalese officials won’t give data on how many people are unaccounted for trying to cross that stretch of the Atlantic. “They have a saying,” Fall said, speaking partly in the local Wolof language. Still, many have already made up their minds. Senegal also received more than $190 million from the EU’s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa for programs aimed at addressing the root causes of migration.īut residents here say little has improved.įrom May to July, about 30 boats left Saint-Louis for Europe and about 10 sank, said El Hadji Dousse Fall, of the Organization for the Fight Against Clandestine Immigration, which tries to prevent youths from crossing the sea and teaches them about legal migration pathways. Today, Spain’s national police and civil guard are deployed in Senegal to assist local authorities. That year, Canaries arrivals first peaked, with 30,000-plus people - many of them Senegalese.

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Since 2006, Spain has worked with Senegal to crack down on migrant boats. “There’s no freedom in Senegal,” said Papa, 29, who made it to the Canaries this month after a boat journey during which the engine failed, food ran out and fights erupted.įishermen sail a pirogue in Saint Louis, Senegal. Some cite political strife for surging migration others note that most who leave are young Senegalese men who say poverty and a lack of jobs drive them. Senegal has long been regarded as a beacon of democratic stability in a region riddled with coups and insecurity, but tension is mounting, with at least 23 killed last month during protests between opposition supporters and police. When one route is cut off, migrants tend to look for alternatives, even if they’re longer and more dangerous.

The Spanish official who spoke to AP said numbers from Mauritania plummeted last year following pressure by local authorities with on-the-ground Spanish support. Previously, most boats traveled from Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania, with fewer from Senegal. In recent years, the Canary Islands have again become a main gateway for those trying to reach Europe. Men push a pirogue on the beach in Saint Louis, Senegal.

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