On Thursday, Spain’s coastguard said it rescued 15 refugees from a boat that was sinking in Mediterranean waters after one of its coastguard vessels spotted a troubled boat just some 72 nautical kilometers north of Morocco.
According to a statement from the Spanish coastguard, two women and 13 men were clinging to what was left of the boat, which had lost its base.
“One of the rescued women said the boat had lost its floor at around two in the morning, and many people who were traveling it were lost,” the statement said, adding, “According to the numbers provided by the rescued migrants, the boat was carrying 54 people, so 39 may be missing.”
The rescued refugees were on their way to the southern Spanish port of Malaga in a coastguard ship, Spanish authorities confirmed.
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