Boat capsizes off Canary Islands in Spain

Two surfers on a Spanish beach yesterday tried to rescue drowning illegal migrants as their boat capsized off the Canary Islands in what looks set to be another major tragedy in the history of one of the world's harshest migration routes. Helicopters and rescue vessels were today scouring the waters off the island of Lanzarote for the bodies of up to 22 people believed to have died, despite the frantic attempts of surfers Cristian Hunt and Johnny Camarasa to rescue them from their overturned fishing boat.