“BARCELONA OR DIE”The EU subsidies which cause overfishing in West Africa’s waters also drive illegal migration
It is the deadliest shipwreck recorded so far this year, according to the International Organization for Migration.
The ship caught fire just hours after setting sail and sank near Saint-Louis.
At least 140 migrants and refugees have lost their lives after the boat in which they were traveling sank off the coast of Senegal, in the deadliest shipwreck recorded so far in 2020, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM ).
The ship in question left Senegal on October 24, from the town of Mbour, bound for the Canary Islands. According to local leaders quoted by the IOM, the boat caught fire just hours after setting sail and sank near Saint-Louis, on the northwest coast of the African country.
Senegal okays Chinese boats with illegal fishing record ..October 9, 2020.Overfishing in Senegal has led to a food crisis, exacerbated by Asian and European fleets prowling the seas off West Africa This overfishing has led to a food crisis..Senegal’s fisheries ministry has issued fishing licenses to vessels of a Chinese industrial fleet involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activity in recent years, according to a new investigation by the environmental group, Greenpeace.
The wrecked boat was carrying about 200 people, but only 59 of them were rescued alive after the intervention of official ships from Senegal and Spain and fishing boats operating in the area. At least 20 bodies have been located.
More than 400 dead in 2020
The head of the IOM in Senegal, Bakary Doumbia, has expressed his dismay at these events and has called for the “unity” of the international community to put an end to human trafficking, “which preys on desperate young people” seeking a future best in southern European countries.
“It is also important to advocate for legal channels that harm the traffickers’ business model and prevent people from continuing to die,” Doumbia added in a statement.
The organization has warned of a “significant” increase in vessels leaving from western Africa to the Canary archipelago. In September alone, 14 boats departed with a total of 663 migrants and in one in four cases some type of incident was reported.
The IOM estimates that this year some 11,000 people have arrived in the Canary Islands, far from the 2,557 registered in the same period of 2019 but still below the 2006 cayuco crisis, when the number soared to 32,000. The agency estimates that 414 migrants and refugees have lost their lives on this route in 2020 alone.
$20 billion Subsidies for International Fishing Pirates
On Mar. 2, 2020 the World Trade Organization pressed on with negotiations to curb harmful subsidies valued at more than $20 billion which enable fishing vessels to travel farther, stay longer at sea and overfish.
‘Fish are vanishing’ – Senegal’s devastated coastline … BBC
\These commercial trawlers come from developed distant-water fishing nations such as China, Russia and countries in the European Union like Spain.
They catch more fish in a day than a local Senegalese fisherman like Adama can catch in a year and send their fish to feed livestock in the U.S. and Europe.
Some of the harmful fisheries subsidies they enjoy include fuel subsidies and vessel construction.https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/poWNT/2/
The talks have been on and off since 2001 and last December the WTO failed to meet a self-imposed deadline to agree on banning harmful fisheries subsidies.
The intergovernmental body is under pressure from a United Nations deadline to meet the Sustainable Development Goal to eliminate these subsidies
The countries with the highest fishing subsidies ($, millions)
China5,886 Japan2,111 South Korea1,500 Russian Federation1,162 USA1,136 Thailand1,069 Taiwan708 Spain683 Indonesia566 Norway527 Quartz | qz.com Data: Dr. Rashid Sumaila et. al, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia (
Mueren al menos 140 migrantes por el hundimiento de una embarcación que se dirigía a Canarias
Posted on octubre 29, 2020 by el comunista in ESPAÑA // 0 Comments
Se trata del naufragio más mortífero registrado en lo que va de año, según la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones.
El barco se incendió solo unas horas después de zarpar y se hundió cerca de Saint-Louis.
Al menos 140 migrantes y refugiados han perdido la vida después de que la embarcación en la que viajaban se hundiese frente a las costas de Senegal, en el naufragio más mortífero registrado en lo que va de 2020, según la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM).
El barco en cuestión partió de Senegal el 24 de octubre, desde la localidad de Mbour, rumbo a las islas Canarias. Según dirigentes locales citados por la OIM, la embarcación se incendió solo unas horas después de zarpar y se hundió cerca de Saint-Louis, en la costa noroeste del país africano.
La embarcación naufragada transportaba a unas 200 personas, pero solo 59 de ellas fueron rescatadas con vida tras la intervención de barcos oficiales de Senegal y España y de pesqueros que faenaban en la zona. Se han localizado al menos 20 cadáveres.
Más de 400 muertos en 2020
El jefe de la OIM en Senegal, Bakary Doumbia, ha expresado su consternación por estos hechos y ha llamado a la «unidad» de la comunidad internacional para poner fin al tráfico de personas, «que se aprovecha de jóvenes desesperados» que buscan un futuro mejor en los países del sur de Europa.
«También es importante abogar por canales legales que perjudiquen el modelo de negocio de los traficantes e impidan que siga muriendo gente», ha añadido Doumbia en un comunicado.
La organización ha alertado de un aumento «significativo» de las embarcaciones que parten desde la zona occidental de África rumbo al archipiélago canario. Solo en septiembre, partieron 14 barcos con un total de 663 migrantes y en uno de cada cuatro casos se informó de algún tipo de incidente.
La OIM calcula que este año han llegado a Canarias unas 11.000 personas, lejos de las 2.557 registradas en el mismo periodo de 2019 pero aún por debajo de la crisis de los cayucos de 2006, cuando la cifra se disparó hasta los 32.000. La agencia estima que solo en 2020 han perdido la vida 414 migrantes y refugiados en esta ruta.
Civil society and artisanal fisheries organisations react to the new EU-Senegal fisheries protocol
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