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mariana, thank you very much indeed for your time. the spanish coastguard says it's rescued more than 80 people after a migrant boat went missing off the canary islands more than a week ago. the boat, said to be similar to this one we're showing you, was reported to have been about 70 miles south of gran canaria. the coastguard was assisted by a container ship. both vessels are now heading towards gran canaria island. the missing boat set off from senegal, we're told. two similar boats carrying dozens more people are said to be still missing. there are few details about them. last month, hundreds of migrants drowned after a boat capsized off the greece coast. it's estimated up to 750 people, mostly from pakistan, syria and egypt, were on board when the boat capsized on ilijune. it was described as one of the worse humanitarian disasters in the mediterranean in recent years. the greek coastguard faced criticism after the crowded fishing vessel sank.