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Gambia: 9 Die in Migrant Boat Shipwreck Off Spanish Island; 48 Missing –

Gambia: 9 Die in Migrant Boat Shipwreck Off Spanish Island; 48 Missing –

Africa Links 24 with Mr. Gaye TheVoice
Published on 2024-09-30 09:17:11

A boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain’s Canary Islands overnight, killing at least nine people and leaving 48 missing, the national maritime rescue service said Saturday.

Eighty-four people were on board and 27 were saved after rescuers responded to a distress call received shortly after midnight from off El Hierro, one of the islands in the Atlantic archipelago, a statement said.

This follows the death of 39 migrants in early September when their boat sank off Senegal

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