Madrid. On the coast of the Canary Islands, one of many deadliest borders of African migration, a large rescue operation was as soon as once more recorded, this time for 265 migrants who had been adrift, with out technique of subsistence and on the restrict of their assets. forces. Brokers from the Spanish Civil Guard and the Maritime Salvage rescue crew carried out the rescue, after a sequence of emergency calls that averted a tragedy. In line with official info, amongst these rescued had been 14 minors.
The 265 rescued migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, the place they’re suspected of leaving, had been touring in 5 small picket boats (pateras), which lastly grew to become adrift simply 37 kilometers from the Canary coast, particularly the Fuerteventura island. First, a ship was situated carrying 56 individuals after which one other boat was noticed carrying 55 extra individuals, who went ashore to be helped by medical and well being providers. The remainder of the migrants had been additionally handled by well being amenities within the space.
The African migration path to Spain is likely one of the deadliest on the planet, with data final 12 months of 6,618 individuals, of which 147 individuals died within the Strait of Gibraltar; 30 within the Alboran Sea and 434 on the Algerian route, in accordance with information revealed by the 2023 Proper to Life Monitoring of the Caminando Fronteras collective. Of those that died attempting to succeed in Spain, 363 had been ladies and 384 had been kids.
The route that connects Morocco and Western Sahara with Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote claimed the lives of 1,418 individuals in 2023; October was the deadliest month, with 436 victims, adopted by June (371) and February (229).
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– 2024-05-14 22:30:11
