The boat on which they were traveling trying to reach the Canary Islands from Morocco sank, taking 43 migrants with it to the bottom of the sea, including three children and 14 women.
The tragedy occurred yesterday off Tarfaya. According to reports from the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras, only two bodies have been recovered.
"The ten survivors, including six women, called for help at four in the morning (Sunday) and maintained communication until six. The (Moroccan) authorities took hours to locate and rescue the boat off Tarfaya," he said. said a spokesman for the NGO.
According to a report by Caminando Fronteras, last year more than 4,000 migrants died or disappeared during the sea crossing to Spain, twice as many as in 2020. The bodies of almost all (94%) have never been found and they are therefore considered missing.
(Unioneonline / ss)
