Four die after boat carrying migrants capsizes off Lanzarote

Emergency service members carry the body of a migrant after their boat capsized close to the coast of Lanzarote (Europa Press via AP)

Four people died, one of them a child, when a migrant boat believed to be carrying 45 passengers capsized near Spain’s Canary Islands, Spanish authorities have said.

The boat was approaching Orzola on the island of Lanzarote on Thursday night when it flipped over a few yards from shore, throwing the passengers into the water.