一艘载有移民的小船在塞内加尔西北部海岸沉没，造成34人死亡，这是近年来非洲西部前往西班牙加那利群岛的危险大西洋航线上发生的最新一起悲剧，当局周日表示。
A small boat carrying migrants sank off northwestern Senegal killing 34 people in the latest tragedy along the dangerous Atlantic Ocean route from Africa to Europe, the authorities said Sunday.
这是近年来这条航线上发生的最新一起灾难，数千人在试图从西非抵达西班牙加那利群岛的过程中丧生。塞内加尔内政部最初发表声明称，沉船事故发生后已打捞出21具遗体，仅救起一名幸存者，但这些数字为暂定数字，搜救工作仍在继续。然而周日稍晚时候，塞内加尔通讯社称，死亡人数目前至少达到34人，这一数字经人权与友谊行动组织向法新社发表的声明得到证实。塞内加尔通讯社补充称，有“不确定数量”人员失踪。
It was the latest disaster on a route where thousands have died in recent years trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands from west Africa. An initial statement from the Senegalese interior ministry said 21 bodies and only one survivor had been recovered following the sinking, but that those numbers were provisional as the search continued. Later Sunday however, the Senegalese Press Agency said the toll now stood at 34 at least, a figure confirmed by Action for Human Rights and Friendship in a statement to AFP. An "indeterminate number" of people were reported missing, S added.
媒体报道称，这艘平底独木舟类型的船只于周六在达喀尔和北部城市圣路易之间的凯贝梅尔省隆普尔沙丘附近倾覆。然而，塞内加尔主要移民援助协会Boza Fii的创始人萨利乌·迪乌夫告诉法新社，“沉船事故发生在周五”。他说：“由于搜救工作仍在进行中，所有遇难者的国籍尚未得到确认。”“但昨天打捞上来的遗体是塞内加尔人。”
Media reports said the pirogue-type flat-bottom boat capsized on Saturday off the Loumpoul dunes in Kebemer department, between Dakar and the northern city of Saint-Louis. However Saliou Diouf, founder of Senegal's main migrant aid association Boza Fii, told AFP that "the sinking occurred on Friday".The nationalities of all the victims had not been confirmed "as the search is ongoing", he said." But the bodies recovered yesterday are Senegalese," he added.
塞内加尔总统巴西鲁·迪奥马耶·法耶周日在脸书上写道：“所有国家机构和资源已动员起来，寻找失踪人员，照顾幸存者，并支持遇难者家属。”
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye wrote on Facebook on Sunday: "All state authorities and resources have been mobilised to locate those who have gone missing, provide care for the survivors and support families."
每年都有数千名西非人试图通过这条危险的大西洋航线抵达欧洲。塞内加尔当局还表示，他们周五拦截了142名乘坐类似小船试图前往西班牙的移民。据警方称，该群体包括23名女性、两名婴儿和两名其他儿童，来自塞内加尔、冈比亚、几内亚比绍、几内亚和尼日利亚。塞内加尔内政部强调，“决心打击人口走私网络，特别是通过加强与邻国的合作”。
Thousands of people from West Africa try each year to reach Europe on the perilous Atlantic route. Senegalese authorities also said they had intercepted 142 migrants on Friday who were on a similar small boat aiming to reach Spain. The group included 23 women, two babies and two other children, and were from Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Nigeria, according to police. Senegal's interior ministry stressed "its determination to combat people smuggling networks, notably through strengthened cooperation with neighbouring countries" in a statement Sunday.
西班牙内政部长将前往事故发生地区，会见遇难者家属并代表国家表达哀悼，声明周日补充道。
The country's interior minister would visit the region where the accident happened to meet families of the victims and express condolences on behalf of the state, it added.
西班牙加那利群岛埃尔耶罗岛当局周六宣布进入紧急状态，此前移民船只抵达激增。
Spanish authorities on the Canary Island of El Hierro declared an emergency on Saturday after a surge in migrant boat arrivals.
埃尔耶罗岛当局表示，自11月初以来，已有3300多人乘坐约30艘船只抵达。
Since the start of November, El Hierro authorities said more than 3,300 people had arrived aboard around 30 boats.
塞内加尔、毛里塔尼亚和摩洛哥加强了小船出发点周边的海上巡逻，迫使这些船只向更南方的冈比亚、几内亚比绍和几内亚海岸驶去，这延长了本已危险的渡海航程。
Senegal, Mauritania and Morocco have stepped up maritime patrols around departure points for small boats, forcing them to head further south towards the coasts of Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea, which prolongs the duration of the already hazardous crossing.