Four new boats with 315 immigrants arrived this Saturday morning in Lanzarote and HeIron, With which now 706 people have arrived on the coasts of the Canary Islands on eleven boats since he Friday evening, emergency services reported.
Early this Saturday, a boat with 59 peopleincluding 4 women and a minor, was rescued by Guardamar Urania on the coast of Lanzarote and taken to Arrecife. Subsequently, the same maritime rescue vessel rescued another 106 people aboard two boats, and shortly after, the Salvamar Al Nair helped another 50 people aboard an inflatable boat.
By mid-morning, a cayuco with about 100 immigrants was seen about 12 miles away. HeIron and the Salvamar Adhara came to his aid and took him to the port of La Restinga. These immigrants are joined he rescue Friday evening of a canoe rescued by the Guardamar Talia 11 miles from HeIron with 62 sub-Saharan immigrants on boardamong them five women and a minor, and took them to the port of La Restinga.
In addition, Guardamar Urania located a tire 15 kilometers from Lanzarote, with 42 people also of sub-Saharan originincluding 5 women and 2 children. After midnight, the Guardamar Talia returned to rescue a canoe about 2 miles from HeIron with 47 sub-Saharan immigrants, including 4 women and 5 minors, and transferred them to the port of La Restinga.
Later, the Guardamar Urania rescued an inflatable boat with 54 immigrants of North African origin around Lanzarote, including 4 women, and took them to Arrecife. Also on the coast of Lanzarote, the Guardamar Concepción Arenal rescued three inflatable boats, one with 56 sub-Saharan immigrants, including 7 women and two minors; a second with 78 people and another with 52 people, who were also transferred to Arrecife.
