(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121204-migrants-da-01.photoblog900.jpg)Marcos Moreno / AFP - Getty ImagesWould-be immigrants row in an inflatable boat off the Spanish coast on December 3, 2012. Spanish emergency services and the Moroccan navy intercepted three inflatable boats carrying sub-Saharan migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar on Monday, Agence France-Presse reports.
Thousands of Africans attempt to reach Europe from Morocco every year (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49763353/ns/world_news-africa/t/morocco-activists-slam-african-migrant-treatment/#.UL3e6YPZbgc) by crossing the narrow straits, often in leaky boats, with many dying.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121204-migrants-da-02.photoblog900.jpg)Marcos Moreno / AFP - Getty ImagesA would-be immigrant is helped to get on board a Spanish emergency services (Salvamento Maritimo) boat off the Spanish coast on December 3, 2012. (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121204-migrants-da-03.photoblog900.jpg)Marcos Moreno / AFP - Getty ImagesWould-be immigrants use their own cell phones to call relatives and other immigrant boats after being rescued by Spanish emergency services in the Strait of Gibraltar on December 3, 2012.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121204-migrants-da-04.photoblog900.jpg)Marcos Moreno / AFP - Getty ImagesA would-be immigrant prays after boarding a boat of the Spanish emergency services in the Strait of Gibraltar on December 3, 2012. Follow @NBCNewsPictures (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsPictures)
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