Dakar, Senegal – A total of 1,046 people who survived attempted boat crossings on the Atlantic migration route disembarked in a vulnerable condition during the last week of August at three West African cities: Nouadhibou in Mauritania, and Rosso and Dakar in Senegal.
The survivors were onboard seven boats in distress that had departed from The Gambia and were heading for the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean — one of the longest migration routes in the world — before becoming stranded at sea. They were rescued and brought to…
