12 bodies were found off the coast of Joal-Fadiouth in western Senegal after a migrant boat capsized. The incident occurred early Wednesday, with 35 survivors handed over to local authorities for investigation. The total number of passengers on the vessel and the reasons for the capsizing are still unknown.
On December 2, a person died when a fishing boat capsized near Kesennuma, Japan. The police received an emergency call reporting the incident at around 8:20 am. One man in his 70s was rescued but pronounced dead later. The Kesennuma Coast Guard is looking into the cause of the accident involving a 0.6-ton fishing vessel.
In November, four people died as two boats carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Al Khums, Libya. The first boat, with 26 Bangladeshi migrants, saw four fatalities. The second boat, carrying 69 migrants including children, had no survivors. The Libyan Red Crescent, along with authorities, conducted rescue operations and managed the cases accordingly.
