Twenty-four African migrants were missing after their boat was distressed southern Morocco, but 11 others were rescued, police said Wednesday. The event happened on Tuesday night near the town of Tarfaya, some 1,100 kilometers (700 miles) south of capital of Morocco, a police official told AFP.
It had set off from the Moroccan coast shortly after midnight heading for Spain's Canary Islands but ran into severities in rough seas and capsized.
Searches were going on for the missing, the official said, without identifying the nationality of the boat's occupants.
Hundreds of potential migrants set off from northwest Africa for the Canary Islands almost daily hoping for a better life in Europe, but their weak craft frequently come hit trouble.
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