Baby born at sea to migrant off Spain's Canary Islands

A baby was born on a migrant boat between Africa and Spain's Canary Islands, Spain's maritime rescue agency said.

A treacherous journey that has often spelled death for asylum seekers crossing the Atlantic Ocean ended with the miracle of life this week, after a baby girl was born on a migrant boat headed toward Spain's Canary Islands.

In a photo that captured the moment those on the dinghy were rescued, the newborn baby could be seen aboard the vessel as she lay in the lap of her mother while she rested.

The boat was spotted off the island of Lanzarote on Monday, as Spain marked the Epiphany holiday, also known as Three Kings Day, meant to honor the day the three wise men brought gifts to baby Jesus, rescuers said.

"Christmas ends in the Canary Islands with the rescue of a baby born in the middle of a voyage on the sea," Salvamento Marítimo, the Spanish government's maritime rescue agency, said in a post on X on Wednesday.

The agency said rescue crews were able to safely rescue those onboard the dinghy, with the mother and her newborn child airlifted to Lanzarote's eastern city of Arrecife. Local media reported that they were taken to to a hospital nearby.

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