A photo of a baby born at sea during a perilous crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by migrants from Africa has been made public by Spain’s maritime rescue service.

A baby boy was born on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain's Canary Islands this week, Spain's rescue service said on Wednesday, publishing a photograph of the newborn, its mother and dozens of other migrants on the crowded boat.

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The number beats the previous record, set in 2023, as a recent report also points at a peak in the number of deaths recorded in the dangerous Atlantic migration route.

Coastguards in the Canary Islands rescued a mother who had given birth to a baby while making the crossing over the Atlantic Ocean in a migrant boat. The rescue team on the coastguard ship Talía shared a number of photos on social media of the moment they came to the aid of the newborn on Monday.

A baby boy born on a small crowded boat was among 60 migrants rescued from a rubber dinghy off Spain's Canary Islands. A photo of the baby boy was made public on Wednesday by Spain’s maritime rescue service.