MADRID (AP) — About 50 migrants were missing after their boat overturned some 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Spain’s Canary Island of El Hierro in the Atlantic Ocean, Spanish media reported Monday. The national marine rescue service said one of its helicopters rescued nine people who were found clinging to the boat Monday morning following a warning call from a merchant vessel in the area. State news agency Efe said that once transferred to El Hierro airport, the rescued migrants reported that 60 of them had set sail nine days ago and that the open-topped wooden boat ran into problems Saturday. The rescue service was unable to say how many people may have been on the boat and no one was available to comment at Civil Guard police offices in the Canary Island capital of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Efe said the migrants were of sub-Saharan origin. There were no details on which country they had sailed from. |
Russian businessman's tea journey to ChinaTokyo International Film Festival kicks off as China's Zhang Yimou wins lifetime award339 Ghanaian students receive scholarship for Chinese language proficiency6 Jordanian students win Chinese ambassador's scholarshipSuki Waterhouse reveals the gender of her new baby while performing onChinese embassy in U.S. hosts Discover Beijing Opera cultural eventFlying Tigers members mark 80th anniversary of U.S. force's participation in China's resistance warKaty Perry's exMets get 2 in 8th to snap scoreless tie and beat Royals 2China's Miao embroidery shows at Milan Fashion Week