More than 400 migrants traveling in 8 precarious boats have been rescued in the last 24 hours in Canarian waters, while another 216 have been located off the coast of Murcia and 21 when they were already on land after disembarking in the southeast of Mallorca.
The Maritime Rescue teams have rescued three new boats this Saturday morning in waters near Lanzarote in which 145 migrants were travelling, and have mobilized resources to go in search of another after receiving an alert.
These 145 people join the around 290 migrants who had been rescued between Friday night and early Saturday morning in El Hierro, Lanzarote and Tenerife.
In Murcia, 216 people have been located in 18 boats that were trying to enter the Murcian coast in the last few hours, 159 this Friday and 57 this Saturday, adding to the 45 on Wednesday and the 184 on Thursday until reaching 445, according to sources from Maritime Rescue (Sasemar) and the Government Delegation in that community.
A total of 21 immigrants were intercepted this Saturday on land after arriving aboard a boat at the port of Porto Petro, southeast of Mallorca. The migrants were detained on land at four in the morning and are in good health.
On Friday, five boats reached the coast of the Balearic Islands with 68 immigrants on board, the last of them with six North African people who were detained on the road to Cape Ses Salines (Ma-6110). So far this year, 89 boats have been located upon arrival in the Balearic Islands, in which at least 1,628 immigrants were traveling, according to EFE's count.
The National Police has dismantled a criminal organization that transported migrants hidden in trucks across the maritime border of the port of Algeciras (Cádiz), within the framework of an operation in which eleven people have been arrested.
The network provided false documents to migrants in Tangier (Morocco) so that they could board after paying amounts ranging between 8,000 and 14,000 euros, depending on the place where they were hidden, the quality of the false documents they acquired or the destination. final where they were transferred.
The arrests have occurred in Algeciras, Tarragona and Madrid; The main person responsible for the organization has been placed in provisional prison.
