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\nAt least more than 30 people are feared to have drowned in the sea Wednesday as a migrant dinghy carrying 59 people was on its way to Spain\u2019s Canary Islands, according to two organisations focused on migrants.
\nThe organisations \u2014 Walking Borders and Alarm Phone \u2014 said the dinghy was originally carrying 59 people on board.
\nHelena Maleno, head of Spain\u2019s Walking Borders migrants charity wrote on Twitter that 39 people had drowned.
\nAlarm Phone, which focuses on supporting rescue operations in trans-Europe said on Twitter that 35 people were missing.
\nEarlier Wednesday, Alarm Phone reported the boat was taking on water and three passengers were dead, adding that \u201cwe demand immediate rescue, do not let them down!\u201d
\nThere has been no confirmation from Spain\u2019s coastguard or the Moroccan authorities regarding the total number of on board the vessel or how many might be missing.
\nAccording to Reuters, the Spanish maritime rescue service said that a child had died and 24 people were rescued from the sinking dinghy in a Moroccan-led rescue operation carried out some 88 miles to the southeast of Gran Canaria island.
\nThe body of one child was recovered by the Spanish maritime rescue service and sent by helicopter to Gran Canaria, a Spanish coastguard source said as Moroccan authorities are asking for their help.
\nThe coastguard later tweeted that a second body had been found by a merchant ship, the Navios Azure, without giving more details.
\n\u201cThe dinghy had been begging for rescue in Spanish waters for more than twelve hours. Among the survivors, 24 people, 22 men, 2 women, are being transferred to Cap Boujdour,\u201d Maleno of Walking Borders wrote on Twitter.
\nThe Canary Islands \u2014 located off the coast of West Africa \u2014 has turned into a central destination for migrations that want to enter the European country Spain.
\nAccording to Spanish government figures, at least 5,914 people reached the Canary Islands between January 1 and June 15 this year.
\nThe early seasons of the summer are regarded as a high time for the migrant influx desperate to cross the Mediterranean Sea.
\nA pregnant woman died this week onboard a dinghy as she tried to reach Spain.
\nSpain\u2019s coastguard said Tuesday the woman\u2019s body was found on a vessel carrying 42 men, seven women and three children near the Atlantic coast of Lanzarote.
\n\u201cOn Monday, another trawler spotted a migrant boat near Mogan, in Gran Canaria, with 53 people on board.\u201d
\n\u201cThree of them were in poor health,\u201d the coastguard said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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