Senegalese media reported that the younger males had been intercepted in Fatiq on Wednesday. Senegal.

They’re at the moment helping the police with their investigations.

Earlier this week, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs, Worldwide Cooperation and Diaspora of The Gambia expressed its sympathy and condolences to the households of Gambian migrants who died whereas en path to Europe by boat from early October 2023 to the current.

Rising numbers of Gambians are irregularly crossing the Mediterranean to Europe, with their boats capsizing or being misplaced at sea many days after their anticipated arrival, leading to deaths on account of lack of meals and water.

Gambian migrants have died at varied occasions since early October 2023 following rescues and interceptions at sea or on shore in Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco and the Canary Islands of Tenerife.

The federal government has knowledgeableedit Everybody ought to cease helping or embarking on this harmful journey that’s taking the lives of our succesful younger individuals.this pFolks had been knowledgeable that the Senegalese, Mauritanian and Moroccan coast guard and navies had been patrolling their waters to intercept irregular migrant boats.

At present, the Royal Moroccan Navy intercepted and rescued three totally different ships close to Dakhla, carrying 61, 46 and 26 Gambian immigrants respectively. This brings the overall variety of Gambian migrants evacuated from Morocco to The Gambia to 133.

Senegalese border police have intercepted Gambian migrant boats virtually each different day for the previous three weeks. On November 12, 2023, the Senegalese Border Police notified and requested the Gambian Excessive Fee in Dhaka to facilitate the evacuation of 175 Gambian migrants whose boat was intercepted at sea and rescued.