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At least 7 are dead and 38 are rescued after a migrant boat was found near Spain’s Canary Islands

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Two bodies have been found in a migrant boat making the risky but increasingly popular voyage from West Africa toward Spain’s Canary Islands, and survivors said five other people died and were put overboard, maritime rescuers and the Red Cross said Tuesday. There were 38 survivors. The migrants had departed Nouakchott, Mauritania’s capital, 10 days earlier, …

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