30 Nov, 2017 @ 10:58
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Three migrants found dead and another missing off coast of Spain

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THREE migrant bodies have been recovered from the Straits of Gibraltar. 
The Spanish coast guard also saved two migrants in the waters between Spain and Morocoo yesterday.

The two men were rescued in the Strait of Gibraltar, where a helicopter picked up one man clinging from a half-sunken rubber dinghy and another helicopter recovered the second man as he swam nearby.

The men were thought to have been on a boat attempting to cross over to Spain from Morocco in rough waters, a spokeswoman said.

“One of the men who was rescued said there were originally six men aboard the boat, so possibly one is missing,” she said, adding that the search was continuing for the sixth man.

At least 3,000 migrants and refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean so far this year.

The number attempting to reach Spain has tripled since last 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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