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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Mednick and Renata Brito

As more migrants go missing at sea, many say bodies end up on Senegal's beaches in unmarked graves

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The small mounds of sand that dot the beach in northern Senegal blend into the terrain. But thick rope juts out from beneath the piles. Pieces of black plastic bags are scattered nearby, and green netting is strewn on top.

That's how residents in the small fishing town of Saint-Louis say they know where the bodies lie.

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