Up to 63 migrants died in an incident off Cape Verde involving a pirogue which had voyaged from Senegal departing on 10 July.

38 persons from the boat were rescued on 14 August 2023 and taken to the island of Sal, Cape Verde.

[8] The vessel set out from Fass Boye, some 80 kilometres (50 mi) along the coast northeast of Dakar, on 10 July, intending to head for the Canary Islands, with 101 ('over 120' by one source[9]) persons estimated to have been on board.

On 20 July, concerned relatives contacted the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras / Walking Borders [es], who in turn alerted[9] the authorities in Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco and Spain.

[2][11] In Senegal, difficult economic conditions[11] and especially dwindling fish stocks were blamed for the disaster.