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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