# Five found dead on migrant boat off Canary Islands, dozens more feared dead

https://mins.news/en/item/43946

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 15:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/five-killed-dozens-more-feared-dead-in-boat-adrift-off-canary-islands?traffic_source=rss

> Spanish maritime rescuers recovered five bodies and rescued 44 men from a migrant boat drifting south of Gran Canaria. Caminando Fronteras said 83 migrants and refugees, including three women and a baby, may have died after the vessel left The Gambia 27 days earlier, but authorities said the wider toll could not be confirmed.

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