Spain's coasties saved 53
The
Spain's coasties intercepted another boat early on Thursday with 54
The rescue operations came after a dinghy carrying
The Spanish coasties found the body of a minor and later than of a man in the area.
A Moroccan patrol boat rescued 24 people, according to Spain's coasties, which said it did not know how many people were missing.
PERILOUS CROSSING
But Spanish non-profit group Walking Borders -- which monitors migrant boats to try to help them and receives calls from people on the boats or their relatives -- said 39 people had died, including four women and a baby.
The group's founder, Helena Maleno, said the
Spain is a major gateway for
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...and the number of boats heading for the Canaries from northwestern African has increased in recent days due to favourable weather conditions.
Over 1,500
The migrant route from West Africa to the Canary Islands across the Atlantic has become more popular in recent years as authorities have cracked down on illegal migration in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Atlantic is notorious for strong currents that make such trips perilous.
Over 11,200 people have died or disappeared since 2018 while trying to reach Spain by sea, according to a report published by Walking Borders at the end of 2022.