• Alicante. Two immigrants die from a boat that arrives in Alicante after six days at sea

  • Saturday: Almost 900 people arrive in the Canary Islands in 17 irregular boats

Some

600 migrants

have arrived in the

Canary Islands

last night aboard a total of 20 irregular vessels, as reported by the

Coordinating Center for Emergencies and Security (Cecoes) 112

.

All the boats were rescued by

Maritime Rescue

and transferred to the

Arguineguín Pier

(

Gran Canaria

) to be assisted by

the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC)

, the

Red Cross

and personnel from the health center in the area.

This twenty irregular boats add to the constant dripping of boats during the weekend, since during the day yesterday Saturday there were a total of 18 with more than 1,000 people.

2 immigrants die from a boat that arrives in Alicante after 6 days at sea

Two immigrants have drowned when they were traveling aboard a dinghy that arrived in

Alicante

last morning

, after six days of navigation and with another 9 undocumented immigrants who have arrived in good condition, reports Efe.

As reported by the

Red Cross

, the 9 immigrants who have arrived alive have claimed to be of Algerian nationality and have reported that they had been at sea for six days and that at first 11 people were sailing, although on the way two fell into the water and died .

This boat has been intercepted early in the morning and the 9 undocumented people have been assisted in the port of the city of Alicante by the Red Cross, which has indicated that they are all adults in apparent good health.

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