Rescuers search for dozens of migrants missing after boat sinks off Canary Islands, 9 dead found
By Borja Suarez EL HIERRO, Spain (Reuters) -Patrol boats and helicopters searched on Sunday for about 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.
Search resumes for 48 missing migrants off Spanish Canaries
Hopes of finding survivors were slim as sea rescue teams searched the waters off El Hierro, an island in the Atlantic archipelago
Renewed Search for Missing Migrants Off Spanish Coast
Rescue efforts resumed Sunday for 48 migrants missing after their boat capsized near El Hierro, Spain. Nine have been confirmed dead. The boat, carrying 84 migrants, sank early Saturday. Rescuers saved 27.
Search renews for missing migrants after nine die off Spain's Canary Islands
Rescue crews on Sunday renewed the search for about 48 migrants missing since their boat capsized near the Spanish island of El Hierro in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.
At least nine killed and 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands
AT least nine would-be migrants were left dead in the early hours of Saturday morning after their boat capsized during an attempted rescue off the coast
Dozens missing, 9 dead in migrant boat wreck off Spanish Canaries
Nine people are confirmed drowned and at least 48 are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain's Canary Islands overnight, rescue services said Saturday, the latest in a
9 dead as boat carrying migrants capsizes off Spain’s Canary Islands
Spanish authorities say nine people have died and another 48 are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized during a rescue operation near the Canary Islands
At least 9 dead, 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes in Spain’s Canary Islands
At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early on Saturday near the Spanish island of El Hierro, rescue services said, in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of such crossings to the Canary Islands.
Rescuers search for missing migrants after boat sinks off Canary Islands, 9 dead
Patrol boats and helicopters searched on Sunday for about 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.
9 die in migrant boat shipwreck off Spanish island; 48 missing
- A boat with 57 migrants onboard arrives at La Restinga port on the Canary island of El Hierro on Sept. 14, 2024. At least nine migrants died and 48 went missing when the boat they were traveling in capsized near El Hierro,
Rescue efforts underway as migrants' passing boat located off El Hierro
Nine people, one of them a child, have been confirmed as dead after their boat sank in the early hours of Saturday morning, ...
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Tragic Migrant Disaster off Spanish Coast: Deadliest in 30 Years Looms
On Sunday, search efforts resumed for 48 missing migrants after their boat sank near El Hierro, Spain. Nine fatalities, including a child, were confirmed. Rescuers face wind and visibility challenges.
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