Spain has provided Senegal with six new multicopter drones to help tackle the migration crisis. The drones will be used to detect vessel departures and intercept them. Spain has also deployed a civil guard aircraft and 38 troops equipped with boats, a helicopter, and all-terrain vehicles to patrol the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania.
DAKAR/MADRID - Spain has delivered six new multicopter drones to Senegal and plans to reinforce its deployed security personnel to help the West African nation tackle a migration crisis , Spain 's acting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Monday.
Grande-Marlaska said the drones delivered to the Senegal Police are designed to detect vessel departures so that they could be intercepted. The journey from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands is one of the deadliest but numerous accidents have fail to deter people from attempting the voyage.
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