Seven migrants drown as boat capsizes at Spain's Canary Islands dock

Spanish exigency services accidental 4 women and 3 girls died erstwhile a small vessel carrying migrants capsized portion arriving to larboard astatine 1 of Spain’s Canary Islands connected Wednesday.

Spain's maritime rescue service, which located the vessel immoderate 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) from the shore, said the vessel tipped implicit arsenic rescuers started removing minors arsenic it arrived astatine a dock connected the land of El Hierro.

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A presumption shows exigency services trying to rescue migrants from the water, arsenic a migrant vessel capsized arsenic rescuers were escorting it to larboard successful Spain's Canary Islands, successful La Restinga, Spain May 28, 2025, successful this screengrab obtained from a video. 

The question of radical connected the vessel caused it to extremity and past crook over, dumping the occupants into the water, the work said.

Emergency services for the Canary Islands said 4 women, a teenage miss and 2 younger girls perished successful the accident. One of the girls was recovered by a rescue diver.

A chopper evacuated 2 much children, a miss and a boy, to a section infirmary successful superior information aft they astir drowned, the work added.

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National Police officers rescue 1 of the migrants traveling successful a cayuco that has capsized upon accomplishment astatine the larboard of La Restinga, connected 28 May, 2025 successful El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. At slightest 7 women person died, 3 of them minors, pursuing the capsizing of a cayuco with 180 radical connected committee arsenic it entered the larboard of La Restinga. In addition, a hunt is underway for a babe who fell into the oversea and 2 young radical are earnestly injured. (Europa Press Canarias via Getty Images)

Local media reports said the tiny vessel appeared to beryllium packed with implicit 100 people. Spanish rescuers and members of the Red Cross pulled radical retired of the water.

The Spanish archipelago located disconnected Africa’s occidental coast has for years been a main way for migrants who hazard their lives successful dinghies and rubber boats unfit for agelong journeys successful the unfastened sea. Thousands person been known to dice connected the mode to European territory.

Nearly 47,000 radical who made the crossing past twelvemonth reached the archipelago, surpassing erstwhile records for a 2nd time. Most were citizens of Mali, Senegal and Morocco, with galore boarding boats to Spain from the seashore of Mauritania.

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One of the migrants rescued aft a cayuco capsized connected May 28, 2025, successful El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. At slightest 7 women person died, 3 of them minors, pursuing the capsizing of a cayuco with 180 radical connected committee arsenic it entered the larboard of La Restinga. In addition, a hunt is underway for a babe who fell into the oversea and 2 young radical are earnestly injured.  (Europa Press Canarias via Getty Images)

The arrivals see thousands of unaccompanied minors.

Some 10,800 radical had arrived via the Atlantic to the Canary Islands by mid-May, which was down by 34% compared to the aforesaid play successful 2024.