Seven boats carrying more than 400 migrants arrive in Canary Islands

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says that of the 266,940 migrants trying to reach Europe last year, 97% made the treacherous sea crossing from North Africa.

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00:00 Spain's Coast Guard has rescued more than 400 migrants travelling in seven boats and

00:07 trying to reach Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

00:13 Fifty-two women and 33 children were among those trying to reach Spain's Canary Island

00:19 group.

00:20 The biggest number of arrivals was in Lanzarote, where 209 people of Sub-Saharan and North

00:26 African descent arrived.

00:55 Growing numbers of migrants are making the treacherous crossing from North Africa to

00:59 ports in Europe, often with the aim of reaching an EU country.

01:06 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that of the almost 267,000 migrants that

01:12 landed in southern European countries last year, 97 per cent arrived by sea.

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01:22 (dramatic music)

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