Twelve migrants missing off Spain’s Balearic islands

One other 14 migrants had been rescued from the identical vessel 58 kilometres (36 miles) southeast of the island of Cabrera, native officers stated.

The rescued migrants advised officers that 12 passengers had leapt from the boat on Friday, the native authority stated in a press release.

Spain’s civil guard and the coastguard had been looking for the lacking individuals, who had been from north Africa, the assertion added.

The migration route from North Africa to the Balearics has seen a surge this yr, in line with inside ministry figures.

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As of August fifteenth, 4,323 migrants had arrived on the islands for the reason that begin of the yr, in comparison with 2,443 on the similar date in 2024 – a 77-percent enhance.

Arrivals to Spain’s Canary Islands within the Atlantic Ocean off western Africa, then again, have dropped by 46 p.c.