A boat with less than one hundred people on board – awaiting the final count – arrived this Sunday at the port of Los Cristianosin Tenerifeescorted by the salvamar ‘Alpheratz’ after making the Canary Islands route after setting sail from somewhere on the African coast.
The rescue operation began around 7:30 a.m. when he Emergency and Security Coordinating Center (Cecoes) 1-1-2 informed the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center of receiving a call from a boat that was near the coast of Tenerife.
Minutes later, the Civil Guard also informed the Coordination Center of a suspicious echo, posible patera, about 13 miles from Tenerifeso Maritime Rescue mobilized the salvamar ‘Alpheratz’, which around 09:00 hours spotted the barge and proceeded to escort it to port of The Christians.
By the Canary Emergency Service (SUC) and Red Cross The resources corresponding to the intervention have already been mobilized to care for the people who have arrived at the dock and the Red Cross has provided hygiene kits, clothing, footwear, blankets and food.
