More than 1,000 people have arrived on the island irregularly so far this weekend
VALVERDE (EL HIERRO), Oct. 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Maritime Rescue has intercepted in the central hours of this Sunday the four cayuco of Sunday in the Canary Islands with 53 sub-Saharan migrants in waters near El Hierro.
According to what the state agency reports to Europa Press, the Civil Guard notified around 2:20 p.m. of an echo on the radar 3.5 miles from La Restinga, and the Adhara sea rescuer went to the scene and escorted the boat to the dock, where they arrived. around 3:45 p.m.
This is the fourth cayuco to arrive at the islands so far this Sunday after early in the morning a precarious boat arrived under its own power at the La Restinga Dock with 81 people; another with 37 was rescued in waters near Gran Canaria; and a third was located with 59 people also in Gran Canaria.
During this weekend, and until 5:00 p.m. this Sunday (Canary time), the archipelago has recorded the arrival of more than 1,387 irregular migrants aboard some twelve precarious boats – 1,040 in El Hierro alone – including A cayuco with 320 people arrived this Saturday in La Restinga, which represents a historical record as it is the largest on record since the beginning of the ‘Canary route’ in 1994.
