At least 50 people feared drowned after boat from Senegal sinks off Canary island
Nine people rescued from boat sailing perilous Atlantic route that reportedly left Senegal with 60 people onboard nine days ago
Source: theguardian.com
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African migrant disaster survivor haunted by weeks lost at sea
Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the... -April 25, 2024 at 04:29 am EDT - MarketScreener
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Spain arrests 14 accused of defrauding families of missing migrants
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Civil Guard has arrested 14 people for allegedly seeking to profit from the families of missing migrants from North Africa, promising them to find, identify and repatriate their bodies in return for money, it said on Wednesday.
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Migrant arrivals to Spain's Canaries surge seven-fold so far this year
The number of migrants boarding rickety boats from West Africa and reaching Spain's Canary Islands has risen seven-fold so far this year from the same period of 2023, Interior Ministry data showed on Friday. A total of 11,704 irregular migrants reached the Atlantic Ocean archipelago between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15, compared with the 1,602 who arrived in the same period in 2023, the ministry said. If the current trend were to continue, the islands could receive 70,000 migrants this year after breaking a record in 2023 with 39,910 arrivals, archipelago regional head Fernando Clavijo told El P...
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Migrant arrivals to Spain's Canaries jump by over 1,000% in January
MADRID (Reuters) – The number of migrants from West Africa who braved the sea in fragile boats to reach Spain’s Canary Islands jumped more than 1,000% in January from a year ago, data released by the country’s interior ministry on Thursday showed. A total of 7,270 irregular migrants reached the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean…
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