Another 532 immigrants of sub-Saharan origin arrived this Saturday in two cayucos to The iron, with 212 and 320 people, respectively, and a group of 98 has been landed in port of Los Cristianos, in Tenerifeafter being rescued in Atlantic waters by Rescue personnel and the Civil Guard.
The cayuco with 320 immigrants, according to sources from the emergency services, exceeds the one that arrived on October 3, also at the port of La Restinga, with 271 people, making it the the boat with the most migrants on board that has been recorded since the Canary Boat Route opened in 1994.
According to what sources from Rescue and 1-1-2 have informed EFE, Canary Islandsin addition to these two cayucos, at the El Hierro islandto which another arrived this morning with 159 sub-Saharans (not 160 as initially reported), another 121 people arrived around 10:30 a.m. (local time), including several women and minors, who have been rescued by the rescuer. Adhara nine miles from the aforementioned island and who also sailed in a canoe.
The Red Cross volunteers Those who treated these people upon their arrival on the island have referred one of the immigrants to a health center.
The Adhara rescuer, after disembarking this group, set out to rescue the two large canoes, which were located about 14 miles south of El Hierro and have been escorted to the port of La Restinga, where their occupants have disembarked.
These two boats have been sighted by a Civil Guard plane, which has also alerted of another canoe that is 50 miles south of El Hierro and where the Caliope sea guard is heading for assistance, but whose arrival time is port is still unknown.
As for the 98 sub-Saharans rescued from a boat by a Civil Guard maritime patrol boat, also south of El Hierro, they have been transferred to the port of Los Cristianos, where they have been disembarked after 12:30 p.m. All of them are men, although 13 are minors.
Besidesthis morning they arrived at the dock Arguineguinin Gran Canaria32 sub-Saharan (20 men, 11 women and one child) after having rescued them 55 miles southeast of Maspalomasand two of these people have been transferred to health centers for presenting various pathologies.
His rescue occurred at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, after receiving a notice from the boat at the Maritime Rescue Center of The Palms around 5:00 p.m. EFE
