Five boats with 352 people, 45 of them minors, have been helped and accompanied to ports of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife and The iron by Maritime Rescue in the last few hours, as a spokesperson for the state society has informed EFE.
The Guardamar Polimnia has landed in Puerto del Rosario 48 people of sub-Saharan and Maghreb origin (35 men, 9 women and four minors) who, according to what they have said, left Tan Tan and were located when they were 87 kilometers northeast of the capital of Fuerteventura.
In addition, the Helimer 204 and the Salvamar Al Nair have located about 5 kilometers north of Lanzarote to another boat with 52 occupants of North African origin (46 men and 6 women), whom he has landed in Reef.
Once again, Polyhymnia has taken charge of an expedition made up of 54 people of North African origin (50 men and 4 women)whom he located 15 kilometers from Lanzarote, in whose capital they landed.
In Tenerife
In the south of Tenerife, Salvamar Alpheratz confirmed a SIVE echo detected 15 kilometers south of Punta Rasca, where it located a cayuco occupied by 133 people of sub-Saharan origin (86 men, 6 women and 41 minors), whom he accompanied to the Los Cristianos dock.
Until La Restinga, in the south of El Hierro, accompanied the Salvamar Adhara to a fifth vessela cayuco, detected by SIVE 22 kilometers away and occupied by 65 people of sub-Saharan origin (64 men and one woman).