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Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said police had opened three lines of investigation but did not say if there had been any arrests

The coronavirus pandemic had already hit international travel, leaving spare rooms to house migrants temporarily.

Rescuers had initially given a toll of four dead after the boat went down just off Orzola, a village at the northern tip of Lanzarote island, at around 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) on Tuesday evening.