The death toll from a migrant boat capsizing off the coast of Senegal has risen to 39.
Sea-news.az reports citing Associated Press, that the country’s emergency services released the updated figures.
Authorities stated that several more bodies were recovered during search and rescue operations conducted on Monday. Only a single survivor among the passengers on board has been rescued thus far.
According to reports, the vessel departed from the northern Senegalese city of Saint-Louis bound for the Spanish coast before capsizing on Sunday near the town of Kébémer, located north of the capital, Dakar.
Initial casualty reports had placed the number of fatalities at 21. Search and rescue efforts remain active in the maritime area.
