Efe Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

The Gran Canarian palms

Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2024-08:55

Four immigrants have died in a canoe in which 68 people were traveling, including 8 children and a baby, rescued by Maritime Rescue last night near

El Hierro

, as reported by the Emergency and Security Coordinating Center 112 of the Government of the Canary Islands.

The health teams have assisted 21 of the immigrants who have arrived alive at the

port of La Restinga

, in Valverde, and have carried out two transfers by medical helicopter to

Tenerife

.