China News Service, April 27. According to Euronet, citing EUN News Agency, on the evening of April 26, local time, the Italian customs and its law enforcement and financial police patrol boat intercepted the waters of Santa Maria di Leuca in Salento, southern Italy. A ship carrying 34 refugees.

  On the same day, the Spanish Maritime Rescue and Security Association spokesperson told the media that at least 17 refugees who tried to reach Spain by boat were killed in the waters near the Canary Islands.

  The officer of the Italian Financial Police said that the intercepted refugee boat contained 31 men and 3 minors from Iran and Iraq.

These refugees have been driving on the road for six days. The police have intervened in the investigation of two immigrants suspected of organizing smuggling.

  The police officer emphasized that during the rescue of 34 refugees by the financial police, a frigate of the Italian Coast Guard also spotted a refugee ship carrying 78 people from Egypt, Iraq and Kyrgyzstan. The ship included 35 unaccompanied persons. minor.

At present, 112 refugees rescued by the Italian Financial Police and the Coast Guard have been taken to the Red Cross reception center in Otranto for quarantine and awaiting resettlement.

  A spokesperson for the Spanish Maritime Rescue and Safety Association said on the 26th that a Spanish Air Force helicopter rescued a refugee boat that was drifting 490 kilometers southwest of El Hierro in the Canary Islands.

Rescuers found the remains of 17 dead people on board, including women and children.

  A spokesperson for the Spanish Maritime Rescue and Safety Association said that the Spanish Air Force helicopter rescued three survivors on board.

At present, the survivors have been sent to El Hierro and provided medical assistance to them, and then they were transferred to the Tenerife Hospital.

  The report pointed out that this is the biggest tragedy that has occurred in the waters of the Spanish Canary Islands since August last year, when a ship with 15 refugees was found dead in the waters 200 kilometers from Gran Canaria.

(Huang Xin)