Forty-three migrants including three infants died after their boat capsized off the coast of Tarfaya in southern Morocco, Spanish organisation Caminando Fronteras said Monday. “It took hours for the (Moroccan) authorities to locate and save the boat,” Caminando Fronteras said, which tracks data from boats in distress. The migrants were making their way to the Spanish Canary Islands, 100 kilometres (62 miles) away from Tarfaya. According to Caminando Fronteras, more than 4,000 migrants were killed or disappeared last year attempting to make their way to Spain, twice as many as in 2020. According to the Spanish interior ministry, more than 373,000 migrants arrived in the country by sea in 2021.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 18, 2022 16:15 UTC