{"id":35223,"date":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=6988b7b32818705d3e9fd8bd1f182652"},"modified":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"at-least-eight-immigrants-die-in-boat-close-to-canary-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/at-least-eight-immigrants-die-in-boat-close-to-canary-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least Eight Immigrants Die In Boat, Close To Canary Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"
MADRID \u2013 Eight migrants were found dead in a boat, off the coast of the island of Gran Canaria, the Canary Island regional government confirmed yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The boat, carrying 62 people of Maghrebi (Morocco) origin, was discovered by Maritime Rescue services, 65 kilometres off the south coast of the island on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seven of the passengers, all male, had died by the time the boat was discovered, while an eighth died while being transferred to the port of Arguineguin. A further 12 occupants of the boat were taken to hospital, one of whom had suffered a cardiac arrest and others were suffering from hypothermia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A second boat, carrying 36 immigrants (34 men, a woman and a minor) was also rescued on Saturday, in the same vicinity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Over 13,100 migrants made the dangerous journey from the coast of north-west Africa, to the Canary Island archipelago, in the first nine months of 2021, according to data published by the Spanish Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MADRID \u2013 Eight migrants were found dead in a boat, off the coast of the island of Gran Canaria, the Canary Island regional government confirmed yesterday.The boat, carrying 62 people of Maghrebi (Morocco) origin, was discovered by Maritime Rescue servi…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n