Foreign weight is pushing Senegalese migrants to Spain, according to the investigation
propaganda“If I can get enough money with hunting, I will not come to Europe.” They are words from Member Racine SECK, a Senegalese immigrant and a former hunter. Your experience confirms the results of a new report that concludes that Overweight By foreign ships pay an increasing number of Senegalese To risk following the most deadly immigration road Towards the Canary Islands Españolas.
SECK has announced the Eco Justice Corporation (EFJ), a non -profit organization for The Investiation, which 13 people died on board during their trip to Spain.
Hunting is the key to the economy of SenegalSince it provides employment of about 3 % of its active population, it is necessary for food security in the country. However, the backbone of the young Senegalese hunters is seen Increasingly threatened with artificial fishing for foreign ships Exporting most of their families To the European Union markets And increasingly, China.
The report comes after two environments Spanish wing ships suspected of illegal hunting practices In front of the Coast of Senegal and Guinea -Bissau.
Contracts of weight gain
Las Rural fish groups are threatenedAccording to the report, which cite the models that indicate this 57 % of the species that run out of fish in Senegal. The report refers to contracts of overfishing by industrial and craftsmanships, as well as the increase in export volumes.
Fishing background huntingWhere ships pull a mesh weighing with the ocean back Harmful with marine ecosystemsAnd more than 90 % of the Senegal Fishing Fleet is the background clouds.
The report concludes that overfishing and illegal hunting Fish tiredExacerbation Food insecurity Y Poverty. In turn, this leads people to risk the dangerous trip from West Africa to the Canary Islands.
Jacket The most dangerous in the world
number Irregular immigrants I arrived in Spain 63,970 record number in 2024According to the data of the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, more than twice in 2022. Most of them migrated to Canary Islandswhere The expatriates launched 200 % between 2022 and 2024. Senegal is among the three nationalities that mostly reach island.
More and more people try the journey, despite the fact that the road from West Africa to the Spanish islands One of the most dangerous trips in the world. According to the Spanish walking limits of NGOs, estimates indicate a total 3176 immigrant died In an attempt to cross Senegal to the Canary Islands in 2023.
In August 2023, a Drift In front of the coast of Cabo Verde, which left Fass Boye, a coastal fishing community in Senegal, a month ago. There were only 38 survivors out of 101 people on board.
There are no longer ships going to the sea
Modo Boy SickWhich – which He lost his “children, his brother and his grandson in this tragedy”And blame for the Senegal hunting crisis. “There are no ships that go to the sea recently. These are the difficulties that young people face, which caused this tragic death, and this is the most sadness.”
Karim Sal, head of Agire, a Senegalese organization operating in the protected marine area of Joal-Fadouout, Angry about the impact of foreign weight gain in societies Coastal: “I am very angry when (foreign countries) They complain of migration Because the real pirates and what they did is worse than clandestine immigration. “
“We play life to go, but they come here to steal fish. It is a process of robbery: looting our resources to feed their residents while we suffer. “
propagandaFormula Main recommendations for the Senegalese government and the European Union and industrial fishing entities It was slaughtered in the Senegalese water, to deal with the crisis that crosses Senegalese hunting and reduces the number of people who perform the crossings. Request stronger and transparent governance to support the Senegal fishing sector and the societies that depend on it.
Steve Trent, General Manager and founder of the Environmental Justice Corporation, stressed the multiple repercussions of the crisis facing the Senegalese hunting sector: “Craftsmen face a Overwhelming competitionThis causes the deterioration of their living conditions, the decrease in food security and the loss of their livelihood.
And that added.Long consequences -translated And contribute to increasing anxiety in The death of immigrants at seaHe urged the European authorities to “end this now, and Returning Senegal hunting to Senegal“.
