China News Service, June 18, according to Agence France-Presse, on the evening of the 17th local time, an immigrant boat carrying 49 people sank in the waters off the Canary Islands in Spain, causing 3 deaths and 5 others missing. .
Data map: The moment the immigration ship capsized.
According to reports, rescuers said on the 18th that the ship sank in a reef area near the northern coast of Lanzarote.
When rescuers arrived, they found 44 people on board, but 3 of them had died.
Rescuers said that there were two women among the dead, and one of them may be a pregnant woman.
In addition, rescuers believe that the ship originally carried 49 people, all of whom were from sub-Saharan Africa and departed from Morocco two days ago.
In addition to the three dead, five people were missing after the shipwreck, including four men and one underage woman.
Currently, rescuers are searching for missing persons.
According to reports, there are a lot of reefs in the sea area where the incident occurred, which is a dangerous area for navigation.