Death toll rises to 39 after migrant boat capsizes off Senegal

The death toll from a migrant boat capsize off Senegal has risen to 39 after emergency services found more bodies on Monday, according to the country’s emergency services. The vessel, which left Saint-Louis in northern Senegal and was headed toward Spain, overturned Sunday offshore from the town of Kébémer, north of Dakar. Senegal’s Ministry of Interior had said at least 21 people died earlier on Sunday and that rescuers were searching for possible survivors, though it did not state how many were aboard. Only one passenger was rescued alive, and several others were still believed missing. The crossing follows a well-used route for thousands of young Senegalese aiming for better economic conditions, often traveling around 800 miles on uncovered wooden canoes across the Atlantic.