The Independent Association of the Civil Guard, ASIGC, revealed this Tuesday that at least "for ten days in September, the eastern islands will not have patrol boats of the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard" dedicated to the surveillance, detection and interception of boats from the African continent.
The Association also criticized the saturation of work faced by the agents of the Maritime Service, which has led to a total "of 50 officials who make up this unit in the province of Las Palmas, based in Fuerteventura, 8 of its members are seconded on commission of service in Gran Canaria and 11 are on medical leave", with stress being the main cause of sick leave.
These medical leaves, together with the considerable decrease in staff due to personnel enjoying vacation periods, has meant that during the month of September "only 20 days of the 30 days of the month can be provided, since there are not enough agents".
Members of the ASIGC denounced that the first inconveniences in the lack of personnel have already begun to be detected, alluding to the fact that last "September 1, there was no Civil Guard patrol boat and after the Maritime Service was notified by the SIVE of the detection of 2 echoes, possibly cayucos, 5.5 and 7 miles from the Entallada Lighthouse, Fuerteventura, it was not possible to go out to meet these boats and it is presumed that they reached the coast, since the next day the body of a sub-Saharan was found in Lanzarote who could have traveled in one of these boats".
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