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An average of 5 people, per day, has died attempting to reach Spain during the first six months of this year, according to the findings of a new report. According to a report released by Caminando ...

Three boats, carrying more than 300 migrants combined, are reported to have disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean while making a long and risky 1,700-kilometre journey from the coast of Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands.

According to a migrant aid group in Spain, the migrants were traveling in three boats along one of the deadliest sea routes for migrants.

More than 330 people died on their way to Spain in June alone, migrant rights group Walking Borders said.

DAKAR/MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Senegal have disputed reports that 300 people travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spains Canary Islands disappeared last week as

A fishermen's association in Senegal says a boat carrying migrants was found in distress off the coast of Senegal, and more than 90 passengers remained missing

A boat carrying migrants was found in distress off the coast of Senegal, and more than 90 passengers remained missing after 50 were rescued and seven were discovered dead, a fishermens association reported Wednesday.

The Spanish coastguard says it has rescued 86 people from a boat off the Canary Islands that had been spotted earlier in the day by a rescue plane. A plane ...

A Spanish rescue ship sped to the vessel after it was spotted from the air. Three boats with as many as 300 migrants went missing after leaving Senegal for the Canary Islands two weeks ago. 

DAKAR, Senegal -- Spanish authorities rescued 86 people Monday from a boat near the Canary Islands that appeared to be from Senegal, after an aid group reported that three boats from the African country disappeared with 300 people aboard.