Nearly 170 migrants have returned to Senegal after spending almost a week in limbo on a Spanish rescue boat.
In recent months there has been a surge of migrants departing from Senegal, who must navigate north past Mauritania to reach the Canaries.
In a statement Tuesday, the Spanish Commission for Refugees asked Spanish authorities not to bring the migrants back to Senegal, since “the current political and social situation in Senegal is very delicate and could put these people at risk.” Tens of thousands of people across West Africa board rickety wooden boats bound for Europe every year. Many seek to escape political unrest, youth unemployment and worsening conditions for fishing and farming.migrants died
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