Spain, 4 migrants dead in shipwreck, many missing

The bodies of four migrants travelling on a boat that was reported missing three days ago while it was attempting to reach Lanzarote in the Canaries were found Wednesday by Moroccan rescuers off the coast of Tan-Tan in the Maghreb country, according to sources from rescue forces quoted by Cadena Ser radio. Search operations kicked off Tuesday to find the boat, which was carrying some 30 migrants, including six women and five children, including two newborns. Search operations started after NGO Caminando Fronteras sounded the alarm following reports that the boat had taken off from Morocco and was bound for Lanzarote before it was reported missing.

On Wednesday morning, a merchant ship found another boat carrying 11 men and two women some 175 miles south-west of Arguineguin, in the Gran Canaria island where Spanish Salvamar Talia rescue cutters and the Seasmar plane are currently directed.

Wednesday 11 March 2015

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