A boat arrives with about 30 people to Caleta de Caballo

Among the occupants of the boat there is a woman and four minors, one of them a child "of three or four years old"

September 25 2020 (10:21 WEST)
Updated in September 25 2020 (13:47 WEST)
Arrival of a small boat to Caleta de Caballo. Photos and video: Sergio Betancort/Provided

A boat has arrived this Friday morning in Caleta de Caballo with a total of 29 immigrants on board.

According to the Security and Emergency Consortium, among the occupants are four minors and one woman. Of the minors, one of them is a child "of three or four years old", according to witnesses of the events.

Child arrived in the boat of Caleta de Caballo
Child arrived in the boat of Caleta de Caballo

It was at 08:57 hours when the Coordinating Center for Emergencies and Security (CECOES) 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands received notice of the arrival of the boat to Mejías Beach, moving to the place members of the Civil Guard, Local Police, National Police, Red Cross, Civil Protection, Emerlan and SUC.

One of the immigrants had to be transferred to the Molina Orosa Hospital with hypothermia, while the rest were in good general condition, afebrile and without symptoms of Covid-19, and have been taken to the warehouse enabled in Playa Honda.

The occupants of the boat have stated that they left from Agadir (Morocco) and had been sailing for three days.

 

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