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They rescue a cayuco and a patera with almost 200 migrants in the waters of the Canary Islands

June 11, 2023
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Maritime Rescue has rescued last morning a cayuco and a patera in which they were traveling a total of 196 migrants heading to Canary Islands from the African continent, according to sources from the public body and the Emergency and Security Coordination Center (Cecoes) 1-1-2.

Around 10:00 p.m. yesterday, Saturday, the Civil Guard informed the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Tenerife of a suspicious echo, possibly a cayuco, some 10 miles south of the island, for which reason the ‘Menkalinan’ salvamar was mobilized and the vessels in the area were informed in case they could confirm it.

They denounce a possible embezzlement of funds destined for migrant minors in the Canary Islands

They denounce a possible embezzlement of funds destined for migrant minors in the Canary Islands

Little more than an hour later the salvamar ‘Menkalinan’ confirmed the sighting and proceeded to the rescue of the 159 people on board: 130 men and 29 minors, all sub-Saharan. Around 1:30 a.m., he finished his disembarkation at the Los Cristianos pier and a medical transfer was made for different pathologies.

File – A Maritime Rescue ship, upon its arrival at the La Cebolla Dock with the boat of 34 migrants, on September 1, 2021, in Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain). The boat with the migrants was sighted north of Arrecife and a boat Europa Press – Archive


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As for the other vessel, around 5:20 a.m. the Maritime Rescue Center in Las Palmas He received notice from a fishing boat saying that he had a small boat at his side some 50 miles from Reefin Lanzarote, for which reason the ‘Al Nair’ salvamar was mobilized and contact was made with the fishing vessel, informing them that the unit was heading towards their position.

After 7:00 a.m., the salvamar intercepted the boat and began the rescue of the 37 people on board: 27 men, 9 women and a child under 6 years of age, all North Africans. With all the rescued on board, she headed towards the port of Reef. Two women and the minor required hospital assistance.



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