A boat arrives at Charco del Palo

11 men were traveling in the boat, three of them minors

November 29 2020 (10:51 WET)
Updated in November 29 2020 (23:01 WET)
A small boat arrives at Charco del Palo

A small boat has arrived at Charco del Palo this Sunday morning. Apparently, there were 11 people on board, all men of Maghreb origin, three of whom claim to be minors. They have stated that they left Agadir eight days ago.

Several patrols of the Civil Guard, agents of the Local Police, the Red Cross, Civil Protection and the SUC have traveled to the scene.

Rescue of one of the immigrants from the Charco del Palo boat

The boat has arrived in a rocky area with difficult access. Eight of the immigrants have been able to ascend to the place where the ambulances are by their own means, two of them have required to be transferred on a stretcher. These two people have been transferred to Molina Orosa.

Finally, the last of the immigrants who was in the area closest to the water had to be rescued by the firefighters who took him to one of the ambulances.

Finally, four people have been transferred to the Molina Orosa hospital with different pathologies.

 

 

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