Two dead people were found in the boats, two died later in the hospital.
of Spain the coast guard said on Saturday that it had rescued more than 500 migrants from the Atlantic near the Canary Islands.
The coast guard also found two dead migrants in the four rescued boats. In addition, two others later died in hospital. The boats were near El Hierro, which is the westernmost of the Canary Islands belonging to Spain.
The number of migrants coming to the Canary Islands has increased and is approaching a record this year.
According to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, almost 30,000 migrants have come to the Canary Islands this year. The number is 111 percent more than last year in the same period, reports news agency Reuters. In the record year 2006, almost 32,000 immigrants arrived on the islands.
Spain is trying to accommodate the migrants in military barracks and hotels, among other things.
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