Spain rescues 119 migrants at sea, searches for 67 missing

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Last Updated : Feb 11 2020 | 3:18 PM IST

Spain has rescued 119 migrants from the sea and was looking for 67 others still missing from a boat that was trying to reach European shores, maritime authorities said.

A spokesman with Spain's Maritime Rescue agency said the search for the missing rubber boat in the stretch of Mediterranean Sea separating Spain from Morocco had been suspended for the night y and was to resume Tuesday.

The official, who was not authorized to be named in media reports, said the dinghy was believed to be in Morocco's rescue area.

He said two other rubber boats had been found in the area known as the Alborn Sea with 60 and 59 migrants from Africa, and that all of them would be disembarked in

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First Published: Feb 11 2020 | 3:18 PM IST

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