Dozens of migrants may have drowned in attempt to cross to Spain, NGO says
Madrid, Spain Reuters As many as 50 migrants, many of them Pakistanis, may have drowned in the latest deadly wreck involving people trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands, migrant rights group Walking Borders said on Thursday. Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people on Wednesday from a boat that had left […]
More than 300 migrants rescued off Spain’s Canary islands
Arguineguin, Spain Reuters Spain’s sea rescue service on Wednesday picked up more than 300 migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands in rickety boats, with nine of them clinging to a semi-sunken dinghy. The rescue service said it was unaware of any drownings as reported by a rights group. Migrants wait to disembark from a […]