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    Nine dead and 48 missing after migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands

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    Rescue services say they saved 27 of the 84 people aboard the vessel believed to have come from MauritaniaNine people are confirmed drowned and at least 48 are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain’s Canary Islands overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, the latest in a series of such disasters off the west coast of Africa.Sea rescue teams said in a statement they had answered a distress call off El Hierro, one of the islands in the Atlantic archipelago, shortly after midnight. They managed to save 27 of the 84 people on board. Continue reading…

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    Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/28/nine-dead-and-48-missing-after-migrant-boat-sinks-off-canary-islands

    Author : Agence France-Presse

    Publish date : 2024-09-28 21:50:28

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