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Immigrant boat reaches Gran Canaria with dead passenger
By m.p - Jun 27, 2007 - 11:17 PM
ALSO SEE : • Spanish Foreign Minister guarantees Canaries Frontex patrols - Jun 13, 2007 - 9:56 PM

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The 62 survivors arrived in Arguineguín on Wednesday
An immigrant boat was escorted into port at Arguineguín, on the south of Gran Canaria, on Wednesday with 63 people on board, amongst them the body of a man who died on the journey.
Emergency services say three others were admitted to hospital in Maspalomas with hypothermia and other complaints.

All on board the boat were male, according to reports.


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