At least 14 people from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat capsized while trying to reach Spain’s Canary islands via the deadly Atlantic Ocean.
The boat set off from the city of Tan-Tan in southern Morocco last Friday, according to Spanish agency EFE.
Survivors were rescued today near Fuerteventura island, reporting the death of at least 14 who had take off on the same boat.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said at least 250 migrants died on the long and treacherous Canary Islands route in the first six months of 2021, with arrivals increasing by 156 percent compared with the same period last year.
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