Seventeen migrants found dead on a boat off the Canary Islands

2021-04-28T10:42:33.725Z

Seventeen people were found dead on a boat carrying migrants off the Canary Islands, and three were rescued, Spanish sea rescue services said. Read also: Canary Islands: "The opening of our hotels to migrants has changed our lives" The boat was spotted some 265 nautical miles (about 500 km) southeast of the island of El Hierro, the smallest of the Canaries, and a helicopter flew to the scene to