The authorities of Morocco They announced this Sunday the rescue of 108 migrants, including 28 minors, who were heading towards Canary Islands on a boatamid an increase in this type of operations in recent weeks.
The General Staff of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces has explained thatThe boat was intercepted on Saturday off the coast of the city of Dakhlalocated in occupied Western Sahara, shortly after they left Mauritania.
Furthermore, he explained that those rescued have received the necessary primary medical care before being placed at the disposal of the Royal Gendarmerie and carry out the corresponding administrative procedures, as reported by the Moroccan state news agency, MAP.
More than 87,000 migrants in 2023
In 2023, Moroccan authorities intercepted about 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, amounts to a total of 56,852 migrants who have arrived irregularly in 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.
