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Senegal announced a 10-year plan to tackle illegal migration, following a recent surge in migrant-related deaths. The country aims to drastically reduce the phenomenon by 2033 with its new National Strategy to Combat Irregular Migration (SNLMI)
Senegal announced a 10-year plan to tackle illegal migration, following a recent surge in migrant-related deaths. The country aims to drastically reduce the phenomenon by 2033 with its new National Strategy to Combat Irregular Migration (SNLMI). This was stated by Interior Minister Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome.
The SNLMI will have five focuses: prevention, border management, repression measures (against traffickers), measures to support and protect migrants, and the return and reintegration of irregular migrants. The plan will be financed by the national budget and external partners, although the cost entailed for the operations has not been revealed.
The Canary migrant route, an entry port to Europe via the Atlantic Ocean, has seen an uptick in activity in recent weeks. The number of migrants leaving the coasts of Africa’s north-west has seen an uptick in recent days. More deaths are also reported as migrants use crude boats to cross the sea.
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Senegal has seen several tragedies over the past two weeks. It is reported that 16 migrants died recently when their boat sank off Dakar, while on July 12, another boat capsized near Saint-Louis killing at least 14. Moroccan navy had rescued nearly 900 would-be irregular migrants between 10 to 17 July. Most of them were from sub-Saharan Africa. On July 20, President Macky Sall asked the government to step up controls in potential departure zones and sites, but also to deploy all surveillance, awareness-raising, and support measures for young people by strengthening public programs to combat clandestine emigration”.
