The last days of the year continue. In the last few hours, Maritime Rescue has assisted four new vessels that were near the coast of Lanzarote. After a first count, around 60 people would be traveling on each of the boats, although we are waiting to confirm the count and the condition of its occupants once they are assisted in the port of Arrecife. With these new boats located, there are now more than 1,300 migrants who have arrived to the Canary Islands in 23 boats since Christmas Day. shortly after.
As reported by Salvamento Marítimo this Saturday, during the last morning the center of Las Palmas received successive warnings of drifting vessels, which is why the Guardamar Calíope was activated, which, in a single outing, intercepted the four vessels. The last of them was located at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, when it was heading to Arrecife with the members of the first three cayucos. In each of these tires there are around 60 people on board, whose arrival at the Arrecife Pier is scheduled throughout the morning.
The Canary Islands migratory route has been experiencing tragic days in recent days. On Christmas Day, some 515 people disembarked on the islands, according to Maritime Rescue data. with almost 400 occupants in total. And this Friday it closed with more than 200 other people accompanied after being located adrift in a total of six boats. In one of them, in which 55 people were traveling, five migrants arrived in very bad condition who were evacuated in the Helimer helicopter and transferred to the island’s airport. Upon arrival, the death of one of the men was confirmed. The other four were admitted to the hospital in serious condition, according to 112. During the night, three more men were evacuated to the hospital.
Added to this death is the confirmation this Friday by the Government of Mali that on December 19, a boat heading to the Canary Islands sank in Moroccan waters with 80 people on board, of whom only 11 managed to survive. The Malian authorities detailed that 25 of the fatalities and nine of the survivors were of that nationality.
