DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 21 people died after a boat carrying migrants sank off Senegal’s coast, the country’s interior ministry said on Sunday.

The ministry said in a post on X that as of Saturday evening one person had been found alive, and that teams had been mobilized to continue searching for any more possible survivors. It did not specify how many people were believed to have been on board.

The ministry said the boat sank off the coast of the town of Kébémer, north of Dakar. It added that Senegal’s interior minister will visit the site on Monday.

The Atlantic migration route from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands is one of the deadliest in the world.…