The first of them was rescued by the salvamar Izar, which rescued 47 migrants of North African origin when they were sailing in an inflatable boat, which was located east of Fuerteventura.
The immigrants were taken to the dock Great Tarajal where the health personnel of the Canary Emergency Service (SUC) and the Red Cross assisted them, all presenting good condition in general.
In Tenerife
Subsequently, the sea rescuer Menkalinan accompanied the 34 migrants who were in a canoeafter being located by the sailboat ‘Bravo’ at 33.3 kilometers (18 nautical miles) southeast of La Gomera.
save her accompanied the cayuco until port from San Juan beach, in Guide from Isora (Tenerife)where the health device attended to the immigrants, who were all in good condition in general.
The Moroccan authorities announced this Tuesday the rescue of 65 migrants, including two minors, who were on a “deteriorated” boat and were heading to the Canary Islands, amid an increase in this type of operations in recent years. weeks.
The General Staff of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces has explained that the interception of the boat occurred during the same day 285 kilometers southwest of the coast of the city of Dakhla, located in occupied Western Sahara.
Furthermore, he explained that those rescued, from sub-Saharan countries, have received the necessary primary medical care before being sent to Dakhla to be placed at the disposal of the Royal Gendarmerie to carry out the corresponding procedures, as reported by MAP, the Moroccan state agency. of news.
In 2023, Moroccan authorities intercepted nearly 87,000 migrants in an irregular situation who had the objective of reaching Spain in various operations carried out in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, as well as in other parts of the African country.
The balance of the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, as of January 3, 2024, shows a total of 56,852 migrants who have arrived irregularly to Spain in 2023, which was 82.1 percent more than in the same period of 2022, when 31,219 arrived. In this way, 2023 became a record year in migration since it was the second with the most irregular arrivals to Spain, after 2018.
