Surviving migrants, from the boat lost at sea during July and found in Cape Verde with several survivors, arrive on the runway at the Dakar-Ouakam Air Base, in Dakar, Senegal August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione/File Photo SAINT LOUIS, Senegal — The Senegalese Navy said on Sunday it had stopped two more boats carrying 262 would-be migrants late the previous night, taking the total to five boats intercepted and over 600 people rescued by a navy patrol boat since Thursday. Those rescued included 26 women and 13 minors, the navy said in a post on social media platform X, sharing photos of dozens of people on a patrol boat and others seated in rows on a quay.

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