After the odyssey of crossing the sea in a boat, 14 immigrants arrived on the neighboring island of La Graciosa in the early hours of Thursday. Under cover of darkness they managed to escape and when the security forces spotted an empty boat, they launched a search operation that resulted in the arrest of seven people that same day.
Due to the adverse weather conditions that occurred on Thursday, the search efforts were somewhat hampered, as the Civil Guard could not travel to La Graciosa and the immigrants were transferred on the regular maritime line that connects the eighth island with the Port of Órzola.
Approximately 24 hours later, security forces located another seven people who had traveled on the same boat, including six men and one woman. This way ended the odyssey of these people, who trying to reach a better destination, threw themselves into the sea and ended up on an island of reduced and sparsely populated territory.
