Shipwreck off Senegal kills dozens as Canaries declare migrant emergency

Migrants in Ceuta, Spain, Aug. 1, 2026. Migrant arrivals to Europe are down overall but still claiming scores of victims, overwhelming local officials and dominating political debate. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times) By AMELIA NIERENBERG, SAIKOU JAMMEH and CARLOS BARRAGÁN On one side of the water, a nation is in mourning. On the other, alarms are sounding. The dueling reactions in Senegal and the Canary Islands came after dozens of Senegalese migrants trying to reach Europe died when…

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