A new boat with 57 immigrants arrived in Arrecife, on the island of Lanzarote, at dawn this Monday, bringing the number of arrivals to 1,631 migrants since Friday evening aboard 28 boats and cayucos.
The migrants, who arrived at the Puerto Naos dock around 1:57 a.m. this Monday, were assisted by the area’s health team, made up of personnel from the Red Cross and the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC), all in good condition. state of health so no transfer was necessary.
This latest arrival adds to a frenzied weekend in the Canary Islands, where 1,631 migrants arrived aboard 28 boats, including a total of five deceased migrants on this Sunday afternoon. There were 17 other people traveling on this inflatable boat who could have been saved alive before he deflated as he headed towards Lanzarote.
According to Salvamento Marítimo, it was the Sasemar 103 plane that saw two inflatables heading towards the Canary Islands, one of them with one of its floats deflated. The Las Palmas rescue center immediately mobilized the Salvamar Al Nair helicopter and the Helimer 204 helicopter, while diverting vessels that were in the area to reach the scene.
Meanwhile, Sasemar 103 was launching two life raftsone where the inflatable boat was located and another where several people were detected at sea separated from the boat, including a migrant taken out of the water and five lifeless bodies.
With them, he set sail for the second inflatable boat, which carried around 80 people.
In central time on Sunday, a canoe was rescued while sailing in waters near Tenerife with around 60 occupants. The Civil Guard reported at 12:25 p.m. the presence of an irregular vessel which was approximately eleven miles from Punta Rasca, so the Salvamar Alpheratz was mobilized. On Sunday, marine guard Talia rescued a dinghy with 10 sub-Saharan about 202 miles south of El Hierro and the Urania Maritime Guard intercepted three boats in the waters near Fuerteventura: one with 56 people, another with 43 and the third with 58all disembarked at Puerto del Rosario.
The ship “Regina” saved 54 migrants of a deflating boat, some in the water, while maritime guards from Concepción Arenal searched the area and recovered two people alive and the body of a third. Likewise, he intercepted two other boats which were carrying 50 people each Among them, the fishing boat “Zerruco Erregina” rescued an inflatable boat with 45 people and the Civil Guard reported an echo on the radar nine miles from Teguise (Lanzarote), with 20 migrants.
