Spanish rescuers recover dead baby, save 520 migrants at sea

Spain’s maritime rescue service says a baby died despite efforts by rescuers after a small boat carrying migrants sunk in the Mediterranean Sea. The death came as more than 500 others were rescued trying to cross from North Africa to Spain on Saturday.

The service said Sunday that the bottom of the rubber boat gave out, tossing 56 migrants into the water, when its rescue craft reached it Saturday east of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Over 1,960 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe this year.