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Two dead as 125 African refugees reach Canary Islands

Posted : Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:18:22 GMT
By : DPA
Category : Europe (World)
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Santa Cruz, Spain - A boat with 125 African refugees has landed at the island of La Gomera, along with the bodies of two passengers who did not survive, Spanish police reported Wednesday. Police said three of the refugees were taken to hospital, suffering from severe hypothermia.

The 20-metre-long boat landed on a beach of La Gomera, the second- smallest of the seven Canary Islands.

The boat's origin was not initially known, but some of the refugees said the boat had departed from the West African state of Guinea and they had been at sea about eight to ten days.

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Africans fleeing Africa
By: Caucasian and stranded in Africa , Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:31:01 GMT

Africans are rejecting Africa, and preferring white countries; by implications, even Africans think whites are better governors - but if whites do the same, it is racism ...



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