A baby girl was born on a packed migrant boat headed for Spain's Lanzarote island in the Canary Islands. Authorities said the baby and her mother were in good condition.

MADRID (Reuters) - A baby girl, who was born on a packed migrant dinghy headed for Spain's Lanzarote island in the Canaries, was being treated in hospital along with her mother and both were in good condition, medical and regional government authorities said on Thursday.

A baby boy was born on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain's Canary Islands this week, Spain's rescue service said on Wednesday, publishing a photograph of the newborn, its mother and dozens of other migrants on the crowded boat.

The Canary Islands also saw a record breaking number of migrant and refugee arrivals in 2024, with least 46,843 people reaching them.

A baby was born on a crowded migrant dinghy which travelled from Africa to the Canary Islands this week, Spanish coast guards say. They have published a picture of the baby boy who was rescued on alongside his mother and scores of other migrants. The crowded inflatable raft was first spotted on 6 January off the island of Lanzarote.

A baby girl was born at sea on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain from Africa on Monday, according to the Spanish maritime rescue service.

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Last year, more than 43,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands, a record-breaking figure that exceeds that of 2006, during the so-called 'Cayuco crisis'. #EuropeNews

Photographs have captured the moments after a baby girl was born on a packed migrant dinghy heading for the Canary Islands. The small boat was carrying 60 people and had embarked from Tan-Tan - a Moroccan province 135 nautical miles (250km) away.

A baby girl, who was born on a packed migrant dinghy headed for Spain's Lanzarote island in the Canaries, was being treated in hospital along with her mother and both were in good condition, medical and regional government authorities said on Thursday.

Spanish coastguards rescued a baby that was born on an inflatable vessel carrying migrants to the Canary Islands, authorities said on Wednesday. The newborn was recovered safely along with their mother on Monday,