MADRID
(AP) — Spain on Tuesday resumed the search for 67 migrants missing
from a boat trying to reach European shores a day after maritime authorities
rescued 119 others from cold Mediterranean waters. A spokeswoman with Spain's
Maritime Rescue agency said the search for the missing rubber boat in the
stretch of sea separating Spain from Morocco restarted with a rescue vessel and
a plane.
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A
rescue charity alerted authorities Monday about the boat's departure from
Moroccan shores, saying that 49 men, 13 women and 5 children were on board, the
official said. She was not authorized to be named in media reports.
A
child rescued by Spanish maritime authorities stand with a group of migrants on
a rescue vessel as they arrive at Malaga port, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020.
Spain on Monday rescued 119 migrants from the sea and was looking for 67 more
believed to have gone missing on a boat while trying to reach European shores,
the country's maritime authorities said on Monday.
Also
Monday, rescuers found two rubber boats in the Alborán Sea with 60 and 59
migrants from Africa. The migrants, including 26 women and five children,
disembarked in Spain's south-eastern city of Málaga and were all in good
health, the spokeswoman said.
Refugees
fleeing violence and migrants fleeing poverty look for a new life in Europe by
setting off on dangerous trips by sea from African coasts.
Spain
became the main entry point into Europe for migrants in 2018 but saw the number
of arrivals halved last year to 26,168. Recently it has seen an uptick in the
number of boats heading to the Canary Islands, which lie in the Atlantic Ocean
off Africa's north-eastern coast.
Morocco
received 140 million euros ($155 million) in European Union funds in 2019 to
crack down on illegal migrant crossings.
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