塞內加爾外海移民船沉沒 死亡人數升至39人

達卡，11月9日（路透社）——塞內加爾官方通訊社（APS）週一表示，一艘載有移民的船隻在塞內加爾外海沉沒，死亡人數已升至39人。搜救工作仍在持續，倡議人士則要求調查政府對非正規移民的因應作為。DAKAR, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying migrants off Senegal's coast has risen to 39, the official Senegalese Press Agency (APS) said on Monday, as search and rescue efforts continued and activists demanded an investigation into the government's response to irregular migration.

• 這起事件發生在凱貝梅爾（Kebemer）外海。凱貝梅爾位於達卡以北約180公里（112英里）。內政部週日曾表示，死亡人數為21人，並有1名生還者獲救。• The incident occurred off Kebemer, a town about 180 km (112 miles) north of Dakar, and the interior ministry on Sunday had put the death toll at 21, with one survivor rescued

• APS報導，週一上午發現的4具遺體已高度腐爛，消防人員為死者安排集體葬禮祈禱後，遺體已下葬。• Four bodies, found on Monday morning in an advanced state of decomposition, were buried after a collective funeral prayer organised by firefighters, APS reported

• 內政部聲明表示，船上載的是試圖以非正規方式移民的人員。聲明未說明船上共有多少人。• The boat was carrying people seeking to migrate irregularly, the interior ministry statement said. It did not say how many were on board

• 移民權益組織Walking Borders指出，近年來已有數千人在試圖從西非前往西班牙加那利群島途中死亡，其中今年前5個月就有635人喪命。• Thousands of people have died in recent years attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands from West Africa, including 635 in the first five months of this year, according to migrant rights group Walking Borders

• 當地非政府組織「人權與友誼行動」（Action for Human Rights and Friendship）週一表示，該組織正呼籲國民議會調查塞內加爾的「移民治理」。• Action for Human Rights and Friendship, a local non-governmental organisation, on Monday said it was calling on the National Assembly to investigate Senegal's "migration governance"

• 該組織表示：「僅僅對船難表示遺憾、宣布管制措施，以及計算攔截次數，已經不夠了。」• "It is no longer enough to deplore shipwrecks, announce control measures and count interceptions," the group said

（克萊門・邦內羅特採訪與撰稿；恩古達・迪奧內與迪亞迪・巴補充採訪；大衛・霍姆斯、莎倫・辛格爾頓與蘇珊・芬頓編輯）(Reporting and writing by Clement Bonnerot; Additional reporting by Ngouda Dione and Diadie Ba; Editing by David Holmes, Sharon Singleton and Susan Fenton)