Twenty-four African migrants missing after their ship was destroyed in southern Morocco, but 11 others were rescued, police said Wednesday.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening near the city of Tarfaya, about 1100 kilometers (700 miles) south of Rabat, said a police official of the AFP.
He was from the Moroccan coast shortly after midnight, heading for the Canary Islands in Spain, but ran into trouble and capsized in rough seas.
Searches were going on for the missing, the official said, without specifying the nationality of the boat occupants.
Hundreds of would-be migrants on their way north west of Africa to the Canary Islands nearly every day of hope for a better life in Europe, but their frail craft are often difficulties.
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