23 Jun, 2017 @ 11:18
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More than 400 migrants rescued off Spain’s southern coast in past week, many taken to Malaga

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MORE than 400 migrants have been rescued off the coast of southern Spain in the past week. 

According to rescue services, coast guards rescued 414 migrants from 16 boats as the Mediterranean route from north Africa to Spain becomes increasingly popular.

The number of migrants travelling the route has increased three-fold in the first four months of this year compared to last year.

The rescued migrants were taken to Almeria, Malaga, Tarifa, Cartagena and Spain’s north African enclave Ceuta.

Almost 3,300 people reached Spain by sea between January and  April.

At least 59 died attempting to cross.

Last year saw 6,726 migrants attempt to enter Spain by sea, according to the Spanish Coastguard.

Nearby Italy has seen 69,000 migrants arrive by sea so far this year.

 

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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