Europe 1 with AFP 12:29 p.m., April 26, 2022, modified at 12:29 p.m., April 26, 2022
According to a spokeswoman, Spanish rescuers had been notified of the departure of 61 migrants from Cap Boujdour, Western Sahara.
"There would be 26 missing" because the rescuers found only 34 people, from sub-Saharan Africa, and "one dead", south of the island of Gran Canaria in the Atlantic Ocean.
Twenty-six migrants are missing after the sinking of their boat off the Spanish archipelago of the Canaries, announced Tuesday the Spanish coast guard who found a body.
According to a spokeswoman, Spanish rescuers had been notified of the departure of 61 migrants from Cap Boujdour, Western Sahara.
If this information is correct, "there would be 26 missing" because rescuers found only 34 people, from sub-Saharan Africa, and "one dead", south of the island of Gran Canaria, in the Ocean. Atlantic, added this spokeswoman.
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"13 women and six babies" among the victims
Among the 34 people rescued overnight were two minors, ten women and 22 men.
The Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras assures that 27 people "died" in this sinking, including "13 women and six babies".
After a particularly dangerous crossing, often on makeshift boats, 6,359 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands between January 1 and April 15, almost 60% more than during the same period last year, according to the latest figures. of the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
4,004 dead migrants in 2021
In 2021, more than 40,000 migrants, mostly from Morocco, arrived by sea in mainland Spain as well as in the Balearic and Canary archipelagos.
According to Caminando Fronteras, 4,404 migrants died or disappeared last year during their sea crossing to try to reach Spain, twice as many as in 2020.