14 people were found dead in a lost boat in the Atlantic, while 20 people were rescued after spending 3 weeks in the sea, since leaving Dakhla on November 3, said the Independent support for people crossing the Mediterranean Sea to the EU.
“We learned that the 34 people who left from #Dakhla on 3 Nov were found by a merchant’s vessel 500km south of #GranCanaria which alerted MRCC Las Palmas. Unfortunately, only 20 people survived after 3 weeks at sea! We are devastated by this loss,” said the support group on Twitter.
The support group’s Twitter account reported that after alert by the Spanish authorities, the Moroccan Navy performed the rescue mission.
The independent rescue group reported on November 10 that a boat with 34 people on board, among them 8 women and 4 children left from Dakhla is missing, as they called for a “Safe Passage to put an end to this dangerous route,” they tweeted.
Tens of thousands of people seek to enter Europe each year via one of the deadliest routes to Europe, the Atlantic.
According to the UN migration agency, 785 migrants from mostly western African countries died in the first eight months of this year trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands via the Atlantic.
On Monday, November 22, the Spanish Maritime Rescue boats assigned to Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote have rescued about 420 immigrants in ten boats located in waters near the Canary Islands, including at least nine children, according to figures from the emergency services.
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