Senegalese authorities intercepted 112 migrants aboard a long wooden fishing boat known as a pirogue off the coast of Dakar on Tuesday as they attempted to reach Europe via a perilous Atlantic Ocean route, officials said.
Abdoul Aziz Gueye, mayor of Dakar's Ouakam district, said local fishermen alerted authorities to a drifting wooden pirogue that lacked an engine.
'The fishermen kindly lent them a motor which they used to approach the shores before they were intercepted by the marines,' Gueye said, adding that all on board were young men.