However, Amina will find little solace in this.
From her home in Senegal’s capital, she tells the news, “I found out that my son had died on social media.”
The 50-year-old recalls, “We used to talk all the time, and he told me he wanted to go to Morocco.”
“He never indicated that he intended to take a boat.”
Yankhoba, her son, was last communicated with in January. A heartbreaking six-month search for the 33-year-old tailor who was devoted to his work ended in failure.
Then, in early August, his body was found by fishermen across the Atlantic.
According to local officials, that small wooden boat had at least fourteen decaying remains. Findings of cell phones and personal documents with them revealed that the majority originated from Senegal, Mauritania, and Mali.
Yankhoba’s identity card was one of the things on board.
Twelve packages carrying cocaine were also claimed to be there by Dominican authorities.
Although it is assumed that the passengers were trying to reach the Canary Islands and got lost, analysis is being done to ascertain the exact moment and cause of the fatalities. Their vessel was similar to the wooden fishing boats that are frequently used to carry people who are not allowed to be in Europe from West Africa.
