17 Aug, 2017 @ 10:54
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Some 600 migrants rescued by Spanish coastguard in ONE DAY in busiest 24 hours ever

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SPAIN’S coastguard has rescued 600 migrants crossing from Morocco in just 24 hours.

The rescued migrants were in 15 vessels including toy paddleboats and a jet ski and included 35 children and a baby.

According to the UN, more than 9,000 people have arrived in Spain so far this year – three times as many as last year.

More than 120 people are believed to have drowned attempting the crossing.

Spain is on track to overtake Greece this year in the number of migrants arriving by sea, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said earlier this month.

 

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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