A migrant boat capsized off the coast of northern Senegal over the weekend of 7 and 8 November.^[1] The death toll rose to 39 on Monday, 9 November.^[2] One passenger was rescued alive.^[3] The toll The count rose over two days. Al Jazeera first reported at least 34 dead.^[4] The rights group ADHA confirmed that figure of at least 34.^[5] Sahara Reporters gave at least 35.^[6] The Associated Press then reported 39 dead.^[2] Senegal's Interior Ministry said one person was rescued from the boat.^[7] Sahara Reporters also counted a single survivor.^[8] Search operations for the missing were still going on.^[9] The area The boat was a flat-bottomed pirogue.^[10] It left Saint-Louis in northern Senegal and was heading for the Spanish coast.^[11] It capsized off the Loumpoul dunes in the Kebemer department.^[12] Sahara Reporters placed the sinking on the coast between Dakar and Saint-Louis.^[13] Most of the victims came from the Leona and Thieppe districts.^[14] All of the bodies recovered were Senegalese nationals.^[15] The boat's destination was Spain's Canary Islands.^[16] The route In the first five months of 2026, 635 migrants died on the way to the islands.^[17] More than 3,300 people reached the island of El Hierro on about 30 boats in the first days of November.^[18] Authorities on El Hierro declared an emergency on 7 November.^[19] The International Organization for Migration said smugglers charge migrants for sea journeys that are unsafe.^[20] The response Senegal's president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, offered his condolences.^[21] He sent them to the families of the victims.^[22] What comes next The search for the missing continued on Monday.^[9] With only one survivor recovered, the final toll depends on that search.^[3]