Senegal detains boat carrying 200 migrants

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DAKAR: Senegal's army said on Saturday it had intercepted a boat carrying over 200 migrants trying to reach Europe after nearly 90 people died attempting the dangerous Atlantic crossing earlier this month. The boat, which was intercepted by the patrol boat in fishing waters near Lompoul in northwest Senegal on Friday, was carrying 202 people, including five women and a minor, the army said on X. In early July, a boat carrying around 170 people that had set out from Senegal capsized off the coast of Mauritania, killing nearly 90 people.

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