Maritime Rescue rescues two boats near Lanzarote

About a hundred people of sub-Saharan and Maghrebi origin were traveling in the two boats

December 6 2023 (17:11 WET)
Updated in December 6 2023 (19:46 WET)
Maritime Rescue in Puerto de Naos, Lanzarote (Archive photo: José Luis Carrasco)
Maritime Rescue in Puerto de Naos, Lanzarote (Archive photo: José Luis Carrasco)

Maritime Rescue has rescued two boats this Wednesday with a hundred people near the coasts of Lanzarote, according to the Emergency Consortium.

The first of the boats was detected by the SIVE 7 miles east of Lanzarote and was later intercepted by Maritime Rescue at 15:58 hours. 54 male immigrants of sub-Saharan origin were traveling in the pneumatic boat, all in apparent good health.

The second boat was carrying 49 people, two of them women, of Maghrebi and sub-Saharan origin.

 

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