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At Least 4 Reported Dead as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Spanish Coast

MADRID (Sputnik) - At least four undocumented migrants have died as a result of a boat capsizing off the Spanish coast, while the rescuers are searching for seven more people, the Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Society (SASEMAR) said Sunday.
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According to the SASEMAR, the rescuers have found a boat Strait of Gibraltar with one person and two bodies and later found two more dead migrants.

The survivor told the rescuers that there were a total of 12 people in the boat, the rescue society added.

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The world has been seriously influenced by a large-scale migration crisis in recent years and Europe is one of the most affected regions of the world.

The European Union is currently struggling with a massive influx of migrants as hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa and heading for Europe in hopes of a better life there.

According to the  International Organization for Migration (IOM) figures, 120 migrants died near the Spanish coast, while about 3,000 people managed to reach the European state.

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