[GEO.TV] At least more than 30 people are feared to have drowned in the sea Wednesday as a migrant dinghy carrying 59 people was on its way to Spain's Canary Islands, according to two organizations focused on The organizations — Walking Borders and Alarm Phone — said the dinghy was originally carrying 59 people on board.
Helena Maleno, head of Spain's Walking Borders
Alarm Phone, which focuses on supporting rescue operations in trans-Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...said on Twitter that 35 people were missing.
Earlier Wednesday, Alarm Phone reported the boat was taking on water and three passengers were dead, adding that "we demand immediate rescue, do not let them down!"
There has been no confirmation from Spain's coastguard or the Moroccan authorities regarding the total number of on board the vessel or how many might be missing.
According to Rooters, the Spanish maritime rescue service said that a child had died and 24 people were rescued from the sinking dinghy in a Moroccan-led rescue operation carried out some 88 miles to the southeast of Gran Canaria island.
The body of one child was recovered by the Spanish maritime rescue service and sent by helicopter to Gran Canaria, a Spanish coastguard source said as Moroccan authorities are asking for their help.
The coastguard later tweeted that a second body had been found by a merchant ship, the Navios Azure, without giving more details.
"The dinghy had been begging for rescue in Spanish waters for more than twelve hours. Among the survivors, 24 people, 22 men, 2 women, are being transferred to Cap Boujdour," Maleno of Walking Borders wrote on Twitter.
The Canary Islands — located off the coast of West Africa — has turned into a central destination for migrations that want to enter the European country Spain.