Not less than 140 migrants drown off the coast of Senegal in the course of the deadliest shipwreck in 2020
Not less than 140 migrants have drowned off the coast of Senegal within the deadliest shipwreck recorded this yr, the UN migration company mentioned on Thursday.
About 60 folks had been rescued by Senegalese and Spanish fleets and fishermen, mentioned the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM).
The boat caught hearth and capsized hours after leaving town of Mbour to the Canary Islands on Saturday, it's mentioned.
"Not less than 140 folks have drowned after a ship carrying about 200 migrants sank off the…