Two dead, three 救助（する）d from waters off Spain's Mallorca
MADRID, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The 乗組員 of a ヨット plucked two 団体／死体s from waters off the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca on Monday and 当局 救助（する）d another three people floating nearby, the 政府 said.
After 回復するing the 団体／死体s, the ヨット's captain 警報d 沿岸の 当局 to what appeared to be nine more 団体／死体s floating in the 周辺, the central 政府's 代表 on Mallorca said.
However, when 救助者s arrived they 設立する only nine empty life-jackets and three people, who were flown by ヘリコプター to the island.
初期の マスコミ 報告（する）／憶測s said as many as 17 団体／死体s had been spotted in the sea, but 当局 said that was incorrect.
乗組員s from the Spanish coast guard and the Guardia Civil police 軍隊 were searching the area for 調印するs of a shipwreck or more 犠牲者s.
The 政府 said it had not yet been able to identify the 団体／死体s.
Migrants from North Africa often 試みる／企てる the dangerous crossing using dinghy boats in search of better life in Europe.
Sea-borne 移住 to Spain has 殺到するd this year, with more than 27,000 people having made the crossing as of the end of September, up more than 50% from the same period last year.
Traffic along the 大西洋 大勝する to the Canary Islands accounts for the 本体，大部分／ばら積みの of the 増加する, but arrivals to the Balearic Islands have also risen around 20%.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Nathan Allen; editing by Andrei Khalip and Dan Grebler)
