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Gran Canaria, Jul 16 (EFE).- Spanish salvage vessel Guardamar Talia rescued Friday 18 men from North African origin in apparent good condition and one death on a boat about 150 kilometers off the southwest of Gran Canaria. (Camera: QUIQUE CURBELO) SHOT LIST: SPANISH AUTHORITIES RESCUE MIGRANTS AND TRANSFER THE DECEASED IN GRAN CANARIA, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN.
Indonesian authorities on Thursday rescued at least 69 Rohingya refugees who had been at sea for weeks after their boat capsized a day earlier. The refugee group's wooden boat and another vessel trying to help them both capsized on Wednesday, with survivors estimating that around 150 Rohingya had been on board with dozens swept away. Rescuers had rushed to save the group of Rohingya after they spotted them in the water, stranded and holding onto an overturned boat off the coast of western Aceh province. IMAGES
A boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants is safely towed to the Greek island of Crete after a dramatic rescue complicated by near gale-force winds, a coastguard said. IMAGES
Migrants rescued by a ship chartered by NGOs disembark in Sicily and are taken care of by the authorities. The Ocean Viking, chartered by SOS Méditerranée in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), rescued 114 people on December 16, including minors and two newborns who were on an inflatable boat in distress in international waters off the coast of Libya. IMAGES
Rescue teams return to Calais harbour from operations at sea, during which they tried to locate and save possible survivors after a boat carrying migrants bound for Britain sank off the French port. At least 31 migrants died, according to French authorities. IMAGES