Canary Islands hosted more than a thousand immigrants in the last hours

Spanish maritime relief teams, They helped 1,232 migrants in 20 rescue operations In the Atlantic, more precisely In the Canary Islands Since last Monday. Last night, a boat that was shipwrecked on El Hierro Island was saved by Spanish relief, although the result It was deadly for a migrant and two other people who disappeared.

Besides, 111 people who were rescued Wednesday on the coasts of the Mediterranean Islands of Balearic Islands They come to add to these figures: 92 SUBSAHARIANS They were intercepted south of Mallorca while traveling in four boats and others 19 of Maghreb origin They arrived in Formentera.

From the most dangerous route in the world, the Atlantic Migration Route, arrived on the Canary Island of Lanzarote, the largest number of people of the last hours from the African continent. According to the Red Cross data, some 475 people landed nine pneumatic boats on the island.

That amount, concentrated in only 48 hours (Monday and Tuesday), again overflowed the reception resources of that island, where Tonight a hundred people spent the night in tents.

A The iron arrived seven barges in which 442 people were traveling, One of them deceased.

A coastal surveillance radar detected A boat with about 80 people about 20 kilometers south of the island.

When the rescue teams arrived at the place, it was already semi -half and it was already during the help operation when the cargo car and the occupants fell into the water.

It was possible to get 78 survivors out of the water, including 10 women and a baby, in addition to a corpse, while two more people are still missingaccording to provisional emergency services.

Others 224 Imigrants helped of two vessels last night to the south of Iron They were transferred to Tenerife.

The island of Fuerteventura received 60 immigrantswhile Gran Canaria arrived a boat with 32 occupants.

In January of this year, 5,361 immigrants reached the Spanish coasts irregularly and 4,752 did it to the Canary Islandsand 34.6 % less Regarding the same month of the previous year.

The Canary Islands closed 2024 with about 64,000 immigrants Arrived by sea, a historical record and 12.5 % more than the previous year.

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