5 Jul, 2017 @ 11:50
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Some 50 migrants feared drowned in ‘deadliest crossing of the year’ to Spain after rubber boat sinks off southern coast

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AROUND 50 migrants are feared dead after Spanish coastguards rescued three men from a ‘hulf sunk’ rubber boat yesterday.

If the missing are confirmed dead, it will be the deadliest sea crossing in that part of the Mediterranean so far this year.

A spokeswoman for the Spanish coastguards told AFP that ‘we suppose’ the migrants have drowned.

She added that crews were still searching for potential survivors in the seas near Alboran Island.

The rubber boat was discovered some 50km southwest of the island, which lies in the westernmost point of the Mediterranean.

The surviving men, all under the age of 25 and from sub-Sahara Africa, said there were more than 50 people on the boat, which had drifted for several days after leaving Morocco.

They were taken to hospital in Almeria.

Some 60 migrants have died so far this year trying to reach Spain.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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