00:01More than 100 migrants reached Spain's Canary Islands on Thursday night, after maritime rescuers saved them from a sinking boat
00:10about five nautical miles off La Restinga.
00:12The boat had already begun taking on water when the rescue team responded, managing to bring everyone on board to
00:19safety.
00:20Earlier in the day, more wooden canoes carrying dozens of migrants arrived unassisted at the port, highlighting an increase in
00:28departures from West Africa.
00:30At least three canoes were spotted heading towards El Hierro, one of the Canary Islands, in the morning and early
00:36afternoon.
00:37Rescue workers said the boats were carrying more than 150 people who had spent nearly a week at sea.
00:44Regional President Fernando Clavijo said on Tuesday that during the first ten days of November, 7,432 migrants arrived in
00:54Spain's Canary Islands, warning of a surge in arrivals along the Atlantic Migration Route.
00:59The route from West Africa to the Canary Islands is considered one of the world's deadliest migration corridors.
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