39 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Senegal on perilous route to Canary Islands

At least 39 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal while attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands, according to the Senegalese Press Agency (APS), which cited an official source.Senegal's interior ministry said one person had been rescued, but the number of people still missing was not yet known.

Search operations were continuing after the small wooden vessel overturned between Dakar, the capital, and the northern city of Saint-Louis.Saliou Diouf, founder of Senegalese migrant aid group Boza Fii, told news agency AFP that all the bodies recovered so far were those of Senegalese nationals.