{"id":23086,"date":"2024-03-06T06:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T11:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/4-migrants-are-found-dead-and-64-are-rescued-as-a-mauritanian-boat-reaches-spains-canary-islands\/06\/03\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T06:16:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T11:16:02","slug":"4-migrants-are-found-dead-and-64-are-rescued-as-a-mauritanian-boat-reaches-spains-canary-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/4-migrants-are-found-dead-and-64-are-rescued-as-a-mauritanian-boat-reaches-spains-canary-islands\/06\/03\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"4 migrants are found dead and 64 are rescued as a Mauritanian boat reaches Spain&#8217;s Canary Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 828px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/osKqEmVZAqmbl3tulSBwvw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/1d695639ef6ed1e3dee72bd083c3345f\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse collapsed\">FILE &#8211; The wreck of a traditional Mauritanian fishing boat, known as a pirogue, also used by migrants to reach Spain&#8217;s Canary Islands, sits on a beach near Nouadhibou, Mauritania, on Dec. 2, 2021. The head of the EU&#8217;s executive branch, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Spain&#8217;s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez are visiting the African nation of Mauritania to discuss migration, security and energy with the African nation&#8217;s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. The visit takes amid a surge in the number of migrants embarking on a dangerous Atlantic crossing from the coast of Mauritania to Spain&#8217;s Canary Islands. (AP Photo\/Felipe Dana)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>BARCELONA, Spain (AP) \u2014 Four migrants were found dead and 64 were rescued when <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mauritania-migration-spain-canary-islands-eu-energy-c51c121cfb42181636358e76b9241dbd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a boat from Mauritania reached Spain's Canary Islands;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a boat from Mauritania reached Spain&#8217;s Canary Islands<\/a> after a dangerous Atlantic journey from West Africa, Spain\u2019s Maritime Rescue Service said.<\/p>\n<p>The migrants arrived on the island of El Hierro late on Tuesday evening, with the survivors including two women and nine minors, the service said.<\/p>\n<p>In poor health, two people were transferred by helicopter to a hospital on the island of Tenerife while 14 others were taken to a local hospital on El Hierro to be treated mainly for hypothermia and dehydration, according to a post on X, formerly Twitter, by a local emergency service.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 12,000 migrants <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.apnews.com\/features\/2023\/africa-europe-migration-senegal-spain-investigation\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fleeing poverty, conflict and instability in West Africa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fleeing poverty, conflict and instability in West Africa<\/a> have landed on the Spanish archipelago in the first two months of the year, according to Spain&#8217;s interior ministry.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s more than six times the number that made it to the islands last year. El Hierro, the westernmost of the Canary Islands, is bearing the brunt of arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>Most migrants have been departing from the coast of Mauritania on artisanal fishing boats known as pirogues and navigating for several days against strong winds and Atlantic currents. While thousands have survived the risky journey, many die or disappear along the way with remains sometimes washing up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.apnews.com\/features\/2023\/adrift\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:other side of the Atlantic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">other side of the Atlantic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At least 191 migrants have been reported dead or missing so far in 2024 trying to reach the Canary Islands, according to the International Organization for Migrations Missing Migrants Project.<\/p>\n<p>But that number is believed to be an undercount.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Follow AP\u2019s coverage of migration issues at <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/migration\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/migration;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/migration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/4-migrants-found-dead-64-100508377.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE &ndash; The wreck of a traditional Mauritanian fishing boat, known as a pirogue, also used by migrants to reach Spain&rsquo;s Canary<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/4-migrants-are-found-dead-and-64-are-rescued-as-a-mauritanian-boat-reaches-spains-canary-islands\/06\/03\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}