Spain coast guard spots boat during search for missing migrant vessel - BBC News

Around 200 people including children are thought to be on board the ship, which set off from Senegal.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsEurope migrant crisisImage source, Salvamento Maritimo/FacebookImage caption, Spanish maritime rescuers have spent days looking for the small Senegalese boatThe Spanish coast guard says one of its aircraft has found a boat during a search for a vessel carrying migrants that went missing more than a week ago.

The boat was 71 miles (114km) south of Gran Canaria and had around 200 people on board, the coast guard said.

It added that one of its vessels has been sent to assist the rescue.

The aid group Walking Borders earlier said the fishing boat sailed from a coastal town in southern Senegal that is roughly 1,700km from Tenerife.

It said the vessel had 200 people on board when it left Kafountine on 27 June, heading for the Canary Islands. Many children were said to be on board.

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