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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

At least 50 people feared drowned after boat from Senegal sinks off Canary island

Aerial shot of a small, partially submerged boat.
The boat began sinking 60 miles south of the Canary island of El Hierro early on Monday. Photograph: Salvamento Maritimo/EPA

At least 50 people are feared to have drowned after a boat sailing the perilous Atlantic route from west Africa to Europe began to sink 60 miles south of the Canary island of El Hierro.

Nine people were rescued from the craft early on Monday after a passing bulk carrier alerted Spain’s Salvamento Marítimo rescue service, which dispatched a fast boat and a helicopter from its base in Tenerife.

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