The Senegalese Navy on Sunday announced it had stopped two more boats carrying 262 migrants, taking the total to five boats intercepted and over 600 people rescued by a navy patrol boat since Thursday.
Those rescued included 26 women and 13 minors, the navy said in a post on social media platform X, sharing photos of dozens of people on a patrol boat and others seated in rows on a quay.
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