A boat carrying migrants capsized within reach of shore as it arrived at Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday and four women and three girls drowned, authorities said. In the chaotic scene at El Hierro’s port, survivors clung to ropes and life preservers tossed by rescuers.
7 women and girls die when boat carrying migrants capsizes while arriving to Spain’s Canary Islands
A boat carrying migrants capsized within reach of shore as it arrived at Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday and four women and three girls drowned, authorities said. In the chaotic scene at El Hierro’s port, survivors clung to ropes and life preservers tossed by rescuers.