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Breaking News:Sub-Saharan Immigrants die trying to reach the Canary Islands!!
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Breaking News:Sub-Saharan Immigrants die trying to reach the Canary Islands!!
 | | Some of the illegal immigrants intercepted off Almería at the weekend. Photo - EFE. |
Fifteen sub-Saharan immigrants have been found dead on a beach in
Mauritania, after they set off from Senegal to try and reach the Canary
Islands.
Fourteen of them were buried on Sunday, in the presence of diplomats
from Gambia and Senegal. A fifteenth body was only found that day. The
others were discovered on Saturday.
They were amongst dozens of passengers on two open-topped boats which
set sail from the north of Senegal more than a week ago. 179 of them
were rescued, but there are no exact figures of the number who died
from dehydration on the journey and were thrown overboard.
The Mauritanian authorities say they may find more bodies.
Illegal immigrants from Morocco, meanwhile, continue to try and enter
Spain through Andalucía. Another immigrant boat was intercepted off the
coast of Almería early on Sunday morning, the ninth in the area at the
weekend. There were 12 Moroccans on board, all male. It was spotted by
a fishing boat four miles off the Isla de Alborán.
Another 31 people, also Moroccan, were intercepted off neighbouring
Málaga province the same day, after they were spotted off the coast of
Torrox the previous night. Five on board were said to be children.
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Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2006 (Archive on Tuesday, August 29, 2006)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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