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At least 38 African migrants have been rescued after their boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean when a journalist travelling with them phoned for help.

A passing Russian ship heard the emergency satellite phone call and saved those on board.

The migrants had set off from Mauritania and were trying to reach the Canary Islands. They have been taken to Dakhla in Western Sahara.

Some 30,000 migrants were caught trying to reach Spain's Canaries last year.

Many more are believed to have died en route when their rickety wooden canoes sank.

Journalist Dominique Molard was travelling with the migrants to make a report for German television channel ARD, reports the Efe news agency.

source: news.bbc.co.uk