Death toll from migrant boat sinking off Senegal rises to 42

The death toll from a migrant boat sinking off Senegal has risen to 42, according to a report by ANP carried by Nieuws.nl. One person was rescued, and the search for others aboard the vessel is continuing.

The boat sank off the coast on Friday, the report said. Authorities have been recovering bodies in the days since.

The vessel was travelling on a route used by migrants leaving Senegal and other West African countries for Spain’s Canary Islands. The report said 635 people died on the route in the first five months of this year, and thousands have died there in recent years.

An earlier report on the sinking put the death toll at 34, with people still missing as the search continued. The latest figure reported by ANP is 42.