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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, …

MADRID (AP) — More than 1,000 migrants from sub-Saharan countries arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in 18 boats over the past three days, Spain’s marine rescue service said Monday. A body was found in one of the boats. The archipelago off northwest Africa has seen a surge in migrant arrivals in recent weeks as more people from West Africa attempt …