Two migrants were found dead on Monday (November 15th) among the 42 who were aboard a drifting boat off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, the Spanish coastguard told AFP.
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Departing from Dakhla in Western Sahara, this boat was carrying 42 people of North African origin, including a woman, and was located some 180 km south of the island in the Atlantic archipelago of the Canaries, a door informed. - speech of the Coast Guard. Two dead men were discovered there and four people in serious condition were evacuated by helicopter for hospitalization, while the rescue was still underway on Monday evening.
Other passengers should be taken to the port of Arguineguin, in the south of the island of Gran Canaria. These tragedies are frequent on this dangerous route in the Atlantic between the northwest of Africa and the Spanish archipelago of the Canaries. On Saturday, seven migrants were found dead aboard a sinking boat off the island of Gran Canaria and an eighth died ashore.
In total, at least 898 have lost their lives there since the start of the year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
In addition, 16,827 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands between January and October, 44% more than over the same period last year, according to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
Spain remains one of the main gateways for migrants to Europe, with other crossings in the western Mediterranean, and 2021 is already the deadliest year in the journey to this country, according to IOM.
