The boat hit the rocks in heavy seas and six of the 54 passengers died.
SIX MIGRANTS HAVE drowned off northern Morocco trying to reach Spain, authorities said today, the latest deaths in a surge of attempted sea crossings since June.
A total of 54 migrants swam out to an inflatable dinghy off El Kallat beach near Nador yesterday but the boat hit the rocks in heavy seas and six of the passengers died, local authorities said.AdvertisementHigh-speed inflatables long used to transport narcotics from Morocco to Europe have increasingly been used to ferry migrants to Spain as well.
Migrants have also used canoes, kayaks and even jet skis in their bid to find a better life inside the European Union. In the week from 10 to 17 July, the Moroccan navy said it rescued nearly 900 migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa.
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