Salvamento Marítimo has rescued another makeshift boat north of Lanzarote, according to the Emergency Consortium.
There were about 56 people on the zodiac who are being transferred to Puerto Naos in Arrecife to be attended to by the Red Cross.
This is the fifth dinghy located in less than 23 hours near the island's coasts.
In the other boats, 226 migrants, including minors and women, were assisted. In one of the boats, at least seven people died under circumstances that are being investigated.
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