At least four deceased immigrants and one rescued in a drifting boat that was heading to the Canary Islands

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At least four immigrants have died during the journey in an inflatable boat that was adrift some 278 kilometers south of

.

It has been possible to rescue a 27-year-old from the

, the only survivor, who assures that a total of

were traveling on the boat and that they had been at sea for nine days.

The survivor was found by a merchant this Saturday.

According to his account, the occupants of the pneumatic were 34 adult men of sub-Saharan origin, sources from the emergency teams have informed Efe.

The number of occupants coincides with an alert given by the NGO

more than a week ago

, at a point between El Aaiún and Bojador, with 34 occupants on board and of which no there was news.

A Maritime Rescue helicopter, the Helimer 206, transferred the survivor to the Gando airport, in Gran Canaria, and from there he was taken in a medicalized ambulance to a hospital center, since, although he was conscious, he presented symptoms of hypothermia.

The merchant ship that located the boat also tried to recover the bodies but could not due to bad sea conditions, so a radio beacon, deposited by the Helimer 206, allowed the

de Salvamento Marítimo ship to find the boat and take over of the corpses.

On the other hand, the Salvamar

, participates in the rescue of a canoe located 103 kilometers south of

.

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