According to the Tanja24 media outlet, the migrants were travelling on inflatable boats. All of them have been transported to Morocco.
28 March 2019, 01:18 GMT
Almost 8,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to reach Spain since January, with 137 having died during the journey. In January-April, a total of 16,806 migrants reached Europe via the Mediterranean and 410 died while trying to do that, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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The European Union has been experiencing a large-scale migration crisis since 2015 due to the influx of thousands of migrants and refugees fleeing crises in their home countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
