[DW] The Spain's coasties has found 17 dead
Three survivors, two men and one woman, were transferred by military helicopter to a hospital on Tenerife.
"The three had hypothermia but were otherwise in good shape," a spokeswoman for Spain's local emergency services said.
The boat was first spotted by an Air Force plane, about 265 nautical miles from El Hierro.
A spokeswoman from Spain's maritime rescue service said that all
MIGRANT ARRIVALS IN THE CANARY ISLANDS INCREASING
The number of
About 3,400 people arrived in the Canary Islands from January 1 to March 31.
This incident follows another one south of El Hierro earlier this month. Four people were found dead in a makeshift boat with 23
On Sunday, 100
...a thing that happens regularly, Ceuta being separated only by a barb wire-topped fence from Morocco.