Five dead on migrant boat rescued off Canary Islands, aid group says toll may be higher
- On Wednesday, Spain's maritime rescue service Salvamento Maritimo rescued 44 migrants from a boat drifting 120km south of Gran Canaria, recovering five bodies from the vessel.
- Survivors reported the boat departed The Gambia 27 days ago carrying more than 100 people; Helena Maleno, head of Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras, alleged 83 migrants died during the crossing.
- Red Cross spokesperson Jose Antonio Rodriguez Verona said survivors from Mali and Senegal arrived disoriented and dehydrated; three individuals in critical condition were airlifted to a hospital.
- Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo stated it is "unbearable that lives continue to be lost," urging comprehensive migration policy as the region cannot manage arrivals from "crisis to crisis."
- The Atlantic route to the Canary Islands remains the deadliest migration corridor, with Caminando Fronteras recording 1,317 deaths in the first five months of this year despite strong currents and rough seas.
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Some 80 illegal immigrants who tried to get from the Gambia by boat to the Canary Islands died off the coast of the Spanish Archipelago, reports on Thursday Sky News with reference to the Spanish Maritime Rescue Service. "We confirmed that of the 128 immigrants who sailed on the boat, about 80 died," the Spanish service's statement shows.
As many as 83 people may have died aboard a boat rescued off Spain's Canary Islands, amid conflicting accounts of the death toll
Maritime rescue authorities said on Thursday that five had died, while a migrant rights group reported that survivors said dozens more had died during the crossing.Helena Maleno, founder of the NGO Walking Borders, said on social media...
Migration routes: On Wednesday morning, the Spanish maritime rescue service found a small wooden boat that had set course from West Africa towards the…
In front of the popular holiday island of Gran Canaria, a wooden boat with dozens of migrants is expected to sink on Wednesday evening. Up to 80 people could have died, 44 could be saved alive so far.
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