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At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early on Saturday near the Spanish island of El Hierro.

The emergency services were able to rescue 27 of 84 migrants who were trying to reach the Spanish coast.

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00:00At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early on Saturday
00:06near the Spanish island of El Hierro.
00:09The emergency services were able to rescue 27 of 84 migrants who were trying to reach
00:14the Spanish coast.
00:16Spanish authorities said the migrants were from Mali, Mauritania and Senegal.
00:22The rescue team received a call shortly after midnight local time from the boat, which was
00:28located around four miles east of El Hierro.
00:31It sank during the rescue.
00:34All the migrants on board concentrated in the same side of the boat during the rescue,
00:39which made it capsize.
00:40Everyone fell into the sea.
00:43Wind and poor visibility made the rescue extremely difficult.
00:47Nine bodies have been recovered and the emergency services are still searching for the others.
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