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Migrant boat capsizes off Senegal as Canary Islands arrivals surge

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A wooden boat carrying migrants toward Spain's Canary Islands capsized off northwestern Senegal, and the confirmed death toll rose from 21 on Sunday to 39 by Monday as search teams recovered more bodies. One person was rescued.

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