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Baby among 83 people feared dead as migrant boat adrift for 26 days near Gran Canaria

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A migrant boat carrying an estimated 127 people has gone missing and is feared to have left 83 people dead, including a baby, after drifting for 26 days near Gran Canaria. The Spanish coastguard successfully rescued 44 men from the vessel.

According to reports, the doomed boat originally departed from Gambia in early August before becoming stranded off the coast of the Canary Islands.

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