At Least Nine Dead And Dozens Missing After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Canary Islands, El Hierro | N18G

Patrol boats and helicopters searched on Sunday for about 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.Nine people, one of them a child, have been confirmed as dead after their boat sank in the early hours of Saturday morning, emergency and rescue services said. Rescuers were able to pick up 27 of 84 migrants who were trying to reach the Spanish coast on Saturday. Three patrol boats and three helicopters were taking part in the renewed search on Sunday, a Spanish coastguard spokesman told Reuters.Show more