Ten Moroccans died Friday night while trying to cross the long and dangerous Atlantic route towards the Spanish Canary Islands.
The Spanish marine rescue service spotted the boat last night, when waves were tossing it at a distance of 155.5 kilometers from the south of Gran Canaria Island, according to official sources, consulted by Spanish agency EFE.
The marine rescue services rescued 24 migrants on board the same boat, and transferred them to health centers.
The Chief of Morocco’s border security Khalid Zerouali revealed in an interview with Hespress Eng that the reemergence of the Atlantic migratory route is driven by border shutdown, cheaper prices offered by traffickers (between 300-500 euros) and stricter surveillance on the country’s northern shores.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said at least 250 migrants died on the 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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