Five killed, dozens more feared dead in boat adrift off Canary Islands
- Spanish migrant NGO says more than 80 people likely perished on the boat that left The Gambia 27 days ago.
- The bodies of five people have been recovered after a boat carrying West Africans was rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands, maritime rescue authorities have said, as an NGO warns that dozens more may have perished.
- Spain’s maritime rescue service Salvamento Maritimo said on Thursday that one of its boats rescued 44 men from a boat drifting some 120km (75 miles) south of the island of Gran Canaria on Wednesday evening.
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- Spanish migrant NGO says more than 80 people likely perished on the boat that left The Gambia 27 days ago.
- The bodies of five people have been recovered after a boat carrying West Africans was rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands, maritime rescue authorities have said, as an NGO warns that dozens more may have perished.
- Spain’s maritime rescue service Salvamento Maritimo said on Thursday that one of its boats rescued 44 men from a boat drifting some 120km (75 miles) south of the island of Gran Canaria on Wednesday evening.
Sources: Al Jazeera