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At least 9 dead, 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes in Spain’s Canary Islands
The Star
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9/28/2024
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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At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early on Saturday
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near the Spanish island of El Hierro.
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The emergency services were able to rescue 27 of 84 migrants who were trying to reach
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the Spanish coast.
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Spanish authorities said the migrants were from Mali, Mauritania and Senegal.
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The rescue team received a call shortly after midnight local time from the boat, which was
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located around four miles east of El Hierro.
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It sank during the rescue.
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All the migrants on board concentrated in the same side of the boat during the rescue,
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which made it capsize.
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Everyone fell into the sea.
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Wind and poor visibility made the rescue extremely difficult.
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Nine bodies have been recovered and the emergency services are still searching for the others.
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