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Fifteen of the 20 candidates approved to stand in Senegal's delayed presidential elections have called for the new vote to be held no later than 2 April - the date when current President Macky Sall is due to end his term.
The number of African migrants who arrived in Mexico last year was nine times higher than the year before, according to official statistics. The 15 candidates also insist the list should not be altered.
Figures released by Mexico's Interior Department at the weekend show that almost 60,000 migrants arrived from Africa in 2023 - a huge jump from the previous year when 6,500 made the journey. The document was signed by some of the leading contenders, including Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who has been detained on incitement charges, and former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall, who is no relation to the president.
Dana Graber Ladek, President Sall wanted to postpone the elections for several months so that disputes over the eligibility of other candidates could be resolved.
head of mission at the UN's International Organisation of Migration in But the country's top court said the delay was unconstitutional and Mr Sall says the vote will now be held "as soon as possible".
Mexico, told the BBC's Newsday programme that most of these migrants come from Guinea, Angola, Mauritania, Senegal, Nigeria and Cameroon. Read more:
She said: "People leave their countries for many different reasons and it tends to be complex, anything from generalised violence to extreme poverty to political upheaval - and of course there's also the effect of climate change and natrual disasters." Senegal steps back from the brink - what next?
"The grand majority" of African migrants that arrived in Mexico in 2023 do not wish to build lives there and are looking to cross the border into the United States, Ms Graber Ladek said.
She added that many migrants pay smugglers to facilate their journey to Mexico, and the trip can cost from around $10,000 to $20,000.
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