Four dead and 16 missing after failed Mediterranean crossing

A Spanish coast guard and a member of the Spanish Red Cross help disembark migrants after dozens of them were rescued in a raft off the coast at the Mediterranean Sea, at the port of the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla, November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda

MELILLA (Reuters) - Four migrants have died and up to 16 more are missing after trying to cross into Europe from North Africa on a small raft, Spain's coastguard said on Wednesday.

Rescuers saved 58 people from the raft, which was found drifting around 37 miles off the coast of Morocco on Tuesday night. Three bodies were recovered from the water and another migrant died after being taken to shore, a spokeswoman for the coastguard said.