Madrid (Spain), 16 Jan (LaPresse) – The Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras said that fifty migrants died in a shipwreck while trying to reach the Canary Islands. ‘Tragedy. Fifty people die in a pirogue en route to the Canary Islands, forty-four of the victims were Pakistani,' the NGO's spokeswoman Helena Maleno wrote on X. ‘Thirteen days of agonising crossing have passed without rescue arriving,’ she denounced. On board the boat bound for the Canary Islands were 86 migrants, including 66 Pakistani nationals, Caminando Fronteras reported. So far there is no information on the number of children and women travelling on the pirogue. A total of 36 people were rescued, including a teenager. ‘We raised the alarm six days ago to all the countries sharing the rescue waters, as our protocol for missing boats requires,’ the NGO explained to ediario.es., saying it had managed to establish contact with the survivors and their families.