Five migrants found dead after tragic boat incident near Lanzarote

The tragic incident occurred on Sunday, November 3, when five corpses were floating on the Spanish island of Lanzarote.

According to ReutersThis happened when the inflatable boat they were traveling on suffered a puncture about 90 km (56 miles) away.

Sources said two inflatable boats were heading towards the archipelago, with one boat having a float lowered.

The plane launched two life rafts and managed to rescue 17 people from one ship and 80 from the other.

State agency EFE said rescue teams had so far rescued more than 1,500 people over the weekend.

It also emerged that at least 48 migrants died trying to reach the Canary Islands on a boat that left Mauritania three weeks ago.

The source further elaborated: “Ten migrants from the same ship were rescued near the island of El Hierro on Saturday.”

The Atlantic route to the Canary Islands has seen the fastest increase in illegal migration in recent years.

Although their numbers are still lower than on the central Mediterranean route to Italy.

Moreover, from January to October 15, 32,878 migrants traveled by ship from West Africa to the Canary Islands.