Gambian migrant buried in the Canaries after crossing
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Gambiana
A 26-year-old Gambian migrant was buried at the municipal cemetery of El Pinar, on the Spanish island of El Hierro, after dying during an Atlantic crossing. He was among the 131 people rescued from a boat, according to the organisation Ebrima Migrants Situation and local authorities.
A 26-year-old Gambian migrant was buried on Tuesday at the municipal cemetery of El Pinar, on the Spanish island of El Hierro, after dying during an Atlantic crossing to the Canaries. He was one of two men who arrived dead on Sunday aboard a migrant boat rescued by Spanish maritime rescue services, according to the organisation Ebrima Migrants Situation.
The two men were among the 131 passengers on a wooden boat known as a cayuco. The second deceased man, aged between 18 and 20, was not identified. Passengers identified the Gambian national and a migrant aid organisation contacted his family, who were able to attend the funeral by video conference. The two bodies were buried under the identifiers 43-130 17-10-2026 and 43-131 17-10-2026, in the presence of local authorities, rescue services, non-governmental organisations and members of the public, Ebrima Migrants Situation reports.
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