Ninety-two migrants who were traveling in five precarious boats were rescued on Saturday off the coast of spain, and a further 22 were intercepted when trying to enter hiding in a truck in the enclave north african city of Melilla, officials.
rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and the Guardia Civil, all of them already in port, there are 63 sub-saharan africa, of which it was not specified the nationality, and 29 algerians, two of them women. All were assisted by the Red Cross, before their delivery to the police.
The major arrival occurred in the port andalusian from Malaga (south), where they arrived 53 migrants of sub-saharan countries. Their boat was located about 49 nautical miles from the coast, and the Rescue operation by Sea was “complicated” by the storm surge in the area, explained to AFP a representative.
the group had three women and a child, and a man had to be hospitalized because of hypothermia.
at The same time, on the morning of Saturday the twenty-two migrants were caught in the double bottom of a truck when they attempted to enter in Melilla, a Spanish city located in Morocco and, along with Ceuta, the only land border between Africa and the European Union.
The Guardia Civil found thanks to a system of detection of heartbeats, and “despite the fact that the double bottom was very well built, well welded and with the same paint as the rest of the truck, indicated to the AFP Irene Flores, head of communication of the government delegation in Melilla.
The 22 were taken to a center of retention for immigrants in Melilla, where they can seek asylum. The achievement of that status is nevertheless very difficult, because most of the times are considered economic migrants and thus returned to their country of origin.
By your side, the driver fled and the passenger was arrested.
Spain is a major crossing point for migrants trying to get to it either by sea or by land, and crossing dangerously the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, which are protected by multiple barriers.
The flow continues, and that despite the fact that Spain is currently participating in joint patrols by sea and air in african countries such as Mauritania and Senegal, according to detailed this Saturday, the Interior ministry said in a statement.
These patrols extend their radius of action up to nations most distant located in the migratory path: the Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde.
all in all, this flow is much lower than the one observed in the central Mediterranean, and eastern europe, where Italy and Greece are completely overwhelmed by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants from the north of africa, as well as of syrian refugees, iraqis or afghans.
Precisely, in a ceremony in Seville, the minister of the Interior Juan Ignacio Zoido stressed, this Saturday, as a challenge, “the problem of an efficient management of migration flows”. In his opinion, “the irregular immigration goes directly against what should be the fundamental pillars of our Union (Eu) and of the rule of law: the law and order.”
– “It complies with the law of the sea” –
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Maritime Rescue rescued a total of 83 people who were travelling in four boats, and which were carried to Malaga, Tarifa (on the Straits of Gibraltar), Torrevieja and Almeria (south-east).
In this same area, a patrol of the Guardia Civil intercepted a boat with nine migrants algerians.
The representative of the Maritime Rescue thanked that three merchant vessels responded to the notice of navigators launched. These were moved to the area where there were so many other boats, which protected him from the waves until the arrival of rescue teams. A behavior that demonstrates that “the law of the sea meet”.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 5.445 people arrived by sea to Spain between 1 January and 30 September this year. Another 62 died in the attempt.
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