Seventeen migrants believed dead trying to reach Spain's Balearic Islands
The two survivors were hospitalised with malnutrition and dehydration as authorities said smugglers are using faster boats on the Algeria route.
- On Tuesday, authorities reported 17 migrants died during a 15-day journey toward Spain's Balearic Islands, with two survivors rescued from a boat about 13 nautical miles southwest of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Frontex reported the route from Algeria to the Balearic Islands became the fastest-growing migratory passage into the European Union this year, as smugglers shifted operations from Morocco using faster boats.
- In a separate incident near Mallorca, authorities rescued 17 migrants alive and recovered two deceased from a vessel carrying around 30 people, with emergency helicopters mobilized to search for remaining passengers.
- Both survivors from North African countries were hospitalized showing signs of malnutrition and dehydration, while Spain has sought to strengthen migration control cooperation with Algeria in the past year.
- Overall arrivals to Spain fell close to 25% this year according to the Interior Ministry, though authorities noted they could not independently confirm the deaths reported by survivors.
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A boat is incapacitating on the Mediterranean Sea for weeks. Only two of the 19 occupants are said to have survived.
A total of 19 people were helped near Cabrera, including a number of women; they continued to be tracked by an unmarked dozen after sinking the boat with about 30 on board.
It could be a missing vessel with 29 migrants aboard whom Salvamento Marítimo was aware.
Spanish authorities carried out three rescue operations near Mediterranean islands on Tuesday. They rescued 34 migrants and recovered two bodies. Twenty-eight people are missing, Spanish news agency EFE reported.
Dozens presumed dead as two migrants rescued after 15 days adrift off Spain's Balearics
Two migrants were rescued on Tuesday after spending two weeks adrift in the Mediterranean trying to reach Spain's Balearic Islands, authorities said, adding they were searching for 27 others who survivors said had accompanied them.
They claim that 17 other passengers of the boat perished on the road, trying to reach the Balearic Islands from North Africa.
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