Madrid, Dec 19, 2024 (AFP) - Four migrants die trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands

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Spanish rescuers on Thursday said four sub-Saharan African migrants died attempting to reach the Canary Islands, the latest tragedy in a record year of irregular arrivals in the Atlantic archipelago. The maritime rescue service said a helicopter picked up one dead migrant and a survivor in Moroccan waters 70 nautical miles east of the island of Lanzarote on Wednesday evening. Later that evening one of its ships took on board 49 migrants from the......

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