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Moroccan rescue services have recovered the bodies of 16 migrants off the coast of Spain’s enclave of Melilla, Moroccan and Spanish officials said Sunday.
Three women were among the dead. They were taken to a morgue in the Moroccan city of Nador, a medical official there told AFP.
All were sub-Saharan Africans apart from one Moroccan, the official said.
The bodies of the migrants were spotted Saturday by a Spanish ship, which alerted the rescue services of both countries, she said.
Late Saturday, a Spanish police patrol boat found one more body, which was taken to Melilla, a Spanish enclave bordering Morocco.
A spokeswoman for Melilla’s authorities earlier said “about 20” bodies had been recovered in Moroccan territorial waters.
