Search for dozens of shipwrecked migrants near Spain's Canaries called off
Spanish authorities have called off the search for dozens of passengers on a migrant boat that sank near the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands over the weekend, killing at least nine people, the maritime rescue service said on Wednesday.
Dozens Feared Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Spain
At least nine people are known to have died in a sinking off the Canary Islands and 48 more are missing, the latest disaster on the perilous Atlantic crossing from West Africa.
Spain Renews Search For Dozens Of Missing Migrants Off Canaries
Rescue crews on Monday renewed the search for at least 48 migrants missing since their boat capsized off Spain's Canary Islands at the weekend, killing nine people.
Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands, nine dead
"After what happened yesterday and if the forecast for the arrival of the migrant boats happens, then it will be the biggest humanitarian crisis to happen to the Canary Islands in 30 years," Candelaria Delgado of the Canary Islands government, told reporters on Sunday.
Hope fades after migrant boat sinks off Spanish island
Rescuers continued to search the waters off Spain's El Hierro island on Monday, in the faint hope of finding some of the 48 people reported missing after Saturday's sinking of a boat carrying at least 84 migrants.
Dozens missing, 9 dead in migrant boat wreck off Spanish Canaries
Nine people are confirmed drowned and at least 48 are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain's Canary Islands overnight, rescue services said Saturday, the latest in a
At least 9 dead, 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes in Spain’s Canary Islands
At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early on Saturday near the Spanish island of El Hierro, rescue services said, in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of such crossings to the Canary Islands.
12 migrants die off Tunisia's Mediterranean coast after their boat sinks
Tunisia’s coast guard has found 12 bodies of migrants, including three young children, off the Mediterranean coast, as authorities struggle to stem unauthorized boat crossings from North Africa to Eur
At Least 12 Die, 10 Missing as Migrant Boat Sinks off Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) -At least 12 people died, including three infants, and 10 others were missing after their boat sank on Monday off the Tunisian coast at Djerba as they sought to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
Hopes fade of finding dozens of migrants missing after boat sinks off Canary Islands
Hopes of finding any of the 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro are diminishing, authorities said on Sunday, in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.
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Around 48 migrants missing, nine found dead, after boat sinks off Canary Islands
About 48 migrants are missing and nine more are dead after their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro.
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