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Baby girl born on packed migrant boat heading for Spain’s Canary Islands
- A baby girl was born on a packed migrant dinghy headed for Spain’s Lanzarote island in the Canary Islands.
- Medical and government authorities said the baby and her mother were in good condition. The pair will be received at a humanitarian center for migrants before likely being moved to a reception center for mothers and children on another island, a spokesperson for the Spanish government in the Canaries said.
- According to Spanish migration charity Walking Borders, 9,757 people died on the Atlantic Route from West Africa to the Canary Islands in 2024. The route can be especially dangerous for women.
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.
The pair were being treated with antibiotics and monitored by a pediatric team, Dr. Maria Sabalich, emergency coordinator of the Molina Orosa University Hospital in Lanzarote, told Reuters.
«The mother and child are safe,» she said. «They are still in the hospital, but they are doing well.»
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The Spanish coast guard said the boat carrying the pregnant mother had embarked from Tan-Tan, a province in Morocco about 135 nautical miles southeast of Lanzarote.
Upon discharge from the hospital, the mother and infant will be received at a humanitarian center for migrants, before likely being moved to a reception center for mothers and young children on another island, Cristina Ruiz, a spokesperson for the Spanish government in the Canaries capital, Las Palmas, told Reuters.
The latest arrivals add to the thousands of migrants that strike out for the Canaries from the western African coast each year on a perilous sea voyage that claims thousands of lives.
Migrants arrive on a small boat at La Restinga port on the island of El Hierro in the Canaries on Feb. 4, 2024. Spanish migration charity Walking Borders said 9,757 people died on the Atlantic Route to the Canary Islands from West Africa in 2024. (Europa Press via AP)
Thanks to good weather, the rescue operation was straightforward, Domingo Trujillo, captain of the Spanish coast guard ship that rescued the migrants – a total of 60 people including 14 women and four children – told Spanish wire service EFE.
«The baby was crying, which indicated to us that it was alive and there were no problems, and we asked the woman’s permission to undress her and clean her,» he said. «The umbilical cord had already been cut by one of her fellow passengers. The only thing we did was to check the child, give her to her mother and wrap them up for the trip.»
Overnight, the Canary Islands’ rescue services recovered two more boats, bearing a total of 144 people.
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According to Spanish migration charity Walking Borders, 9,757 people died on the Atlantic Route to the Canary Islands from West Africa in 2024. The route from Morocco and Western Sahara are most commonly used by women who routinely suffer sexual violence, discrimination, racism and deportations while in transit.
Trujillo said the crews were exhausted but proud of their work.
«Almost every night we leave at dawn and arrive back late,» he said. «This case is very positive, because it was with a newborn, but in all the services we do, even if we are tired, we know we are helping people in distress.»
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Pope Francis on Thursday shared his first audio message since being hospitalized nearly three weeks ago for double pneumonia, expressing thanks to his well-wishers around the world.
Francis sent a short, two-line recorded message made at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, which was played Thursday evening at the start of the rosary in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
«I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from the Square,» he said in a message that was translated from Spanish to English. «I accompany you from here. May God bless you and the Virgin protect you. Thank you.»
The pope has shared written messages via the Vatican since being admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14, but Thursday was the first time his voice had been heard.
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Francis’ condition remained stable and «guarded» Thursday, a day when the pontiff did not have difficulty breathing and remained fever-free.
The pope had a «good night» and continued physical therapy at Rome’s Gemelli hospital for his third week of treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said Thursday.
«Today, the Holy Father dedicated himself to some work activities during the morning and afternoon, alternating rest and prayer,» the Vatican said. «Before lunch, he received the Eucharist.»
The next update on Francis’ condition will come Saturday, the Vatican said, because of his stable condition.
Pope Francis waves from the central loggia of St. Peter’s basilica during the Easter ‘Urbi et Orbi’ message and blessing to the City and the World as part of the Holy Week celebrations, in the Vatican on March 31, 2024. (Tiziana Fabi/Pool/AFP/Getty)
«The night passed quietly; the Pope is still resting,» the Holy See press office said earlier Thursday, adding that the Pope’s «clinical condition has remained stable for the last couple of days, and his doctors say he has not had more episodes of respiratory insufficiency.»
The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has been stable for two days after suffering a pair of respiratory crises on Monday. Doctors underlined that his prognosis remained guarded due to the complex picture.
In recent days, he has been sleeping with a non-invasive mechanical mask to guarantee that his lungs expand properly overnight and help his recovery. He has been transitioning to receiving oxygen with a nasal tube during the day.
The pope on Wednesday marked the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and by calling the parish priest in Gaza, the Vatican said. He also added physical therapy to his hospital routine of respiratory therapy.
The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season without the pope’s participation. A cardinal took his place leading a short penitential procession between two churches on the Aventine Hill and opened an Ash Wednesday sermon prepared for the pontiff with words of solidarity and thanks.
Girls, with ashes on their foreheads, pray during a rosary prayer for Pope Francis’ health in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence that signals the start of Christianity’s most penitent season, leading to Easter on April 20.
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The pope was supposed to attend a spiritual retreat this weekend with the rest of the Holy See hierarchy. On Tuesday, the Vatican said the retreat would go ahead without Francis but in «spiritual communion» with him. The theme, selected before Francis got sick, was «Hope in eternal life.»
Mexican painter Roberto Marquez places a painting of Pope Francis he made outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome on Ash Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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