Two people died trying to reach the Canary Islands on a boat carrying 40 migrants, while four others were airlifted to hospital in critical condition, Spain's maritime rescue service said. The pirogue, a type of single-logged canoe, was seen yesterday, Monday, around 8.00pm. (10:00 p.m. Greek time), from a commercial vessel which alerted the authorities on the island of Gran Canaria, reports the APE-MPE. Rescue services deployed two helicopters to evacuate the injured and a ship to tow the dinghy to Gran Canaria's port of Argineguin, 76 nautical miles (140km) to the north, where they were met by Red Cross and police personnel. The survivors are 27 men and seven women from sub-Saharan Africa, a rescue agency spokesman told Reuters, without giving details of where the boat left. The EU border agency Frontex says the Atlantic route to […]
Source: News Beast
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