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Senegal ‘back way’ boat disaster: ‘Horrified’ UN chief calls for safe routes for migrants as he reacts to tragedy

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Civil guards (Guardia Civil) pull the corpse of a would-be immigrant out of the water near the site of a shipwreck on the Teguise coast, on the Spanish canary island of Lanzarote, on February 16, 2009. Hopes faded today that any survivors would be found from a boat carrying 28 mostly North African migrants that capsized off Spain's Canary Islands, police said. Four people, including an eight-year-old girl, are known to have drowned when the vessel overturned on February 15 just offshore from Arrecife, the main city on Lanzarote island. AFP PHOTO/DESIREE MARTIN (Photo credit should read DESIREE MARTIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday he is horrified to learn that at least 140 people died in a shipwreck off the coast of Senegal.

“Every person searching for a better life deserves safety and dignity. We need safe, legal routes for migrants and refugees,” Mr Guterres said in a tweet in Friday.

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The International Organisation for Migration on Thursday revealed at least 140 people died after the boat they were travelling in to the Canary Islands capsized off the coast of Senegal.

The boat reportedly caught fire shortly after departure from Mbour and capsized near Saint-Louis.

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