IMMIGRATION
Lanzarote received seven boats with 380 migrants on board
The Canary Islands Route has entered its peak period of arrivals, with an increase in the last 24 hours with 15 cayucos and more than 600 people in 24 hours.
Throughout the day on Wednesday, boats were located in the waters near the islands of El Hierro, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote and at this time the protocol is active. detect lights near the port of La Estaca in El Hierro.
About 8 kilometres from Arguineguín (Gran Canaria), about 76 people were rescued, while in La Restinga (El Hierro), about 60 people were transferred to the coast. A few hours earlier, Maritime Rescue had located a boat about 48 kilometres from Lanzarote, still without an official count, which adds to the more than a dozen rescues that have taken place throughout the day.
These three cayucos were the last to cross the Canary Islands Route, joining the first 11 rescued with a total of 641 migrantsmainly in Lanzarote, which has been the epicentre of the pressure on the islands from the migration crisis.
Lanzarote received seven boats in which they travelled 380 migrants which were transferred to Arrecife by the maritime guard Talía and the salvamar Al Nair, while the salvamar Izar transferred another to Gran Tarajal with 52 people.
Among the arrivals, it is also worth noting the participation in two cayucos in El Hierro with 132 people, 15 of them are minorsIt is estimated that the number of boys and girls will increase once the official count of boats that have reached the Canary Islands has been carried out.
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