4 dead, dozens missing as migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands 02.10.2022

Deutsche Welle | Oct 2, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • 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.