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The Canary Islands receive 8 cayucos with more than 450 migrants in recent hours

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The Canary Islands receive 8 cayucos with more than 450 migrants in recent hours

In total, eight cayucos and 454 migrants have arrived since the end of this Friday afternoon on the islands of El Hierro and Lanzarote.

In the first case, 112 Canaries notified this Friday around 6:25 p.m. the imminent arrival of an irregular ship with 66 sub-Saharan peopleincluding five women and a minorat the La Restinga dock (El Hierro), where they arrived around 7:50 p.m.

On the other hand, at 11:30 p.m., maritime emergency services alerted of the location of a boat with 42 sub-Saharanincluding five women and two children. They were located in the waters near Lanzarote and were heading towards the Puerto Naos dock, where they arrived around 4:30 a.m. this Saturday.

In addition, the Maritime Rescue indicated that the maritime guard Talia had escorted to El Hierro in the early hours of the morning a canoe located three kilometers from La Restinga with 47 sub-Saharans, including four women and five minors. Meanwhile, the sea guard Urania was rescued from an inflatable boat. 54 North Africansamong them four women, near Lanzarote, landing at Arrecife.

For its part, the Concepción Arenal maritime guard intercepted an inflatable boat with 56 sub-Saharanincluding seven women and two minors.

Subsequently, he moved to two other positions due to the detection of other inflatables and proceeded to rescue a few. 78 and 52 peopleapproximately, also towards the Arrecife quay.

Finally, Salvamento Marítimo added that the sailor Urania saved his second boat this Saturday with 59 people on board, including four women and a childwho were also landed in the capital of Lanzarote.

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