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A fishing boat capsized off Mbour, Senegal, on September 8, 2024, resulting in at least 37 confirmed deaths among the 89 passengers. The incident highlights the increasing perilous journeys undertaken by migrants from West Africa seeking to reach Europe amid rising conflict and poverty in the region.
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Over 100 migrants are missing after smugglers forced them to swim in the Red Sea off Djibouti. The International Organization for Migration reports 48 confirmed deaths from the incident involving two boats carrying 310 people from Yemen. A search and rescue operation is ongoing, highlighting the dangers of this migration route.
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A migrant boat capsized near El Hierro, Spain, resulting in nine confirmed deaths, including a child, and 48 people missing. Rescuers saved 27 of the 84 on board. This incident marks a potential humanitarian crisis as migrant crossings surge in the Canary Islands, with authorities fearing it could be the deadliest in 30 years.