5 migrants die trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands

FILE - Migrants crowd a wooden boat near the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, Aug. 18, 2024.

Five bodies were found floating in the sea Sunday after the inflatable boat they were travelling in punctured around 90 km (56 miles) off the Spanish island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, Spanish Sea Rescue services told Reuters.