Senegal navy intercepts migrant boats as more risk perilous journey

Surviving migrants, from the boat lost at sea during July and found in Cape Verde with several survivors, arrive on the runway at the Dakar-Ouakam Air Base, in Dakar, Senegal August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione/File Photo

SAINT LOUIS, Senegal (Reuters) - The Senegalese Navy said on Sunday it had stopped two more boats carrying 262 would-be migrants late the previous night, taking the total to five boats intercepted and over 600 people rescued by a navy patrol boat since Thursday.

Those rescued included 26 women and 13 minors, the navy said in a post on social media platform X, sharing photos of dozens of people on a patrol boat and others seated in rows on a quay.