A cayuco arrives at El Hierro under its own steam with 43 people on board

A canoe with 43 migrants on board He arrived this Friday by his own means at the port of La Estaca, on the coast of the municipality of Valverde in El Hierro, with three minors confirmed for the moment.

In detail, they were 42 men and one womanwhich landed in the port of El Hierro in the afternoon. It is the first boat to cross the Canary Islands Route after the publication of the protocol for the care and reception of unaccompanied migrant minors in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, which keeps the controversy over powers between the State and the community alive.

The migrants were treated in the health facility located at the foot of the pier by members of the Red Cross and the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC), which has refers to two people at the island hospital with various pathologies.

The notice was received at approximately 12:30 today, Friday the 13th, at which time the immediate attention protocol was activated with three minors on board the barge.