Salvamar has rescued a boat 14 miles off the coast of Lanzarote. According to the Emergency Consortium, there could be about 55 people traveling on the boat, including 14 women and two babies.
They were transferred to the Commercial dock of the capital where they arrived around 5:30 p.m.
The Red Cross attended to them in the port and the two babies and their mothers were sent to the Molina Orosa hospital.
This is the second boat that has been rescued in just 24 hours.