- Spanish coastguards have recovered a migrant boat off one of Spain’s Canary Islands, rescuing a sole survivor and retrieving the bodies of four deceased people.
- The migrants were being taken to the island’s capital city of Las Palmas, and had been expected to arrive on Monday.
- Thousands brave the trip annually from northwest and sub-Saharan Africa, in search of better lives, undeterred by the frailty of the boats which carry them or the death of their predecessors.
4 dead, dozens missing as migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands 02.10.2022
