Walking Borders said it told authorities in four countries on 20 July about vessel with more than 100 asylum seekers onboard
about the boat on 23 July: “A Senegalese fishing vessel disappeared with more than 120 people on board. They left 14 days ago and the desperate families ask for a reinforcement of search means.”
An official of the tropical tuna fishing company Pevasa, which operates the Zillarri, said the survivors were asking for help and were in a “bad state”. It is not yet clear how those onboard died, though some sources said hypothermia and dehydration may have been the causes. Sources said survivors ate the food supplies left by passengers who died during the journey.
There is “sadness, consternation, despair and total calm”, Moda Samb, a local councillor, told Agence France-Presse.
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