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The

's Halifax-based Rescue Coordination Center)

continues to coordinate rescue efforts in

waters to locate the 11 sailors from the Galician ship

who are still missing.

The bodies of 10 of the 24 crew members have already been found dead, while three crew members managed to survive, with severe hypothermia.

Of them it has been known this Wednesday that they are "in the process of resting and still in shock".

This was said by the Government delegate in Galicia,

, after holding a meeting with those responsible for the company that assembles the ship,

, at its headquarters in the town of

.

In addition to conveying the "solidarity and affection" of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, both to the company and to those affected, he has stated that the families of the crew are "our priority objective".

The three survivors are on board the Galician ship

, the first ship to reach the sinking point on Tuesday morning and which located a boat with these three sailors and also the bodies of four others.

The shipping company still does not know the causes of the sinking and José Miñones reported that the surviving sailors are "transferring information" about the shipwreck to the Canadian authorities and the Spanish Maritime Rescue in order to advance the investigation of what happened, but, for now, the priority is rescue.

He also clarified that "the priority" is, first of all, to obtain "official and validated information and the main objective" is to bring the entire crew back to Spain.

The bodies of the 10 deceased sailors are, in addition to the Playa de Menduiña Dos, in two Portuguese ships and one Canadian.

Relatives of the crew of the sunken ship leave the shipowner's house in Marín.Salvador SasEFE

The Government delegate has recognized that the repatriation process will be "difficult and complicated".

He has pointed out that the information about the crew and the shipwreck, according to Miñones, "is being channeled" through the shipowners, who also have "direct contact" with the family of the 24 sailors.

Regarding the rescue, Maritime Rescue, which works in coordination with the Canadian authorities, has indicated that there are waves of six to seven meters and winds of 25 knots.

and

and the Spanish fishing

and the Portuguese

have been deployed in the area

.

During the day they will be joined by the Portuguese fishing

and

and the Spanish

.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo and other members of the Xunta observe a minute of silence for the victims of the shipwreck.Lavandeira jrEFE

Mourning in Galicia

While the rescue continues, three days of official mourning have been decreed in Galicia as a sign of mourning.

They were approved in an extraordinary session of the

, in which an institutional declaration was also approved, which was read by the president himself, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and in which it was highlighted that work at sea "is hard, dangerous and many sometimes cruel.

The obligation of the Xunta, he maintained, is to be, at this time, "spokesperson for all Galicians" and "merge" with the families of the crew members in a hug, in addition to giving them all their support so that they "help alleviate suffering" .

"Words seem insufficient and limited", said Feijóo, but they are "essential" to show the collective feeling of Galicians.

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