Morocco arrests 32 migrants heading to Spain

 RABAT, 29 October 2022, (TON): Authorities said “Moroccan police arrested 32 migrants as they tried to set sail for Spain, including six Moroccans and 26 from other African nations to the south.”

The DGSN security service said “the group were arrested on the coast with an inflatable boat near the southern town of Tantan, which lies some 100 kilometer from Spain’s Canary Islands.”

According to Spain “at least 11,500 migrants made their way to the Canary Islands this year.”

Caminando Fronteras, a Spanish group that helps migrant boats in trouble at sea and families searching for missing relatives, says 978 people have died while trying to reach Spain so far this year.

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