Amina's son left Senegal on a boat to reach Spain. His body was found off the Dominican Republic.
As record numbers of young Africans risk their lives trying to reach the Canary Islands, Spain’s prime minister begins crisis talks with Senegal, Mauritania and The Gambia to tackle migration.“I found out that my son had died on social media,” she tells the BBC from her home near Senegal’s capital.“He never mentioned he was planning to take a boat.”
Analysis is being carried out to determine the time and cause of the deaths, although it is presumed that the passengers had been trying to reach the Canary Islands and had got lost. Their boat was typical of the wooden fishing boats often used to transport illegal migrants from West Africa towards Europe.
“I held onto the belief that Yankhoba might have been held in a prison somewhere in Morocco or maybe even in Tunisia,” she says, her voice breaking. “I felt stuck. On top of running my business, I was also working in a factory, but I struggled to make ends meet,” he recalls. Human rights groups and diaspora communities who support the new arrivals report that shelters are often overwhelmed with such cases.
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