Santa Cruz de Tenerife (EFE) rescued on Sunday.
Among these people, both North African and sub-Saharan, there are minors and women, and six of them required medical attention for hypothermia and other mild illnesses.
Salvage helped the 169 occupants of four different boats that have been approaching the coast of Lanzarote, 10 of which were minors.
The first two gondolas were located some 28 kilometers northeast of Lanzarote and the Salvamar Calliope set out to meet them.
At 2:45 a.m., the crew of this Maritime Rescue vessel assisted the 84 people who were traveling on it, all of North African origin (78 men, one woman, and five minors), who were later disembarked, in apparent good health, in the port of Arrecife.
In that same port, and at 10:15 p.m., Salvamento Marítimo completed another landing, that of 40 North African people (36 men and 4 minors) that it previously rescued from another boat that was sailing some 22 kilometers northeast of Lanzarote, as confirmed to EFE. the 112.
Salvamento Marítimo rescued a third vessel with 45 immigrants of sub-Saharan origin on board some 60 kilometers northeast of Arrecife.
The Salvamar Al Nair arrived at the position of the boat at around 9:05 a.m., in which 39 men, five women and one child were traveling.
Lastly, early this afternoon, about 35 kilometers east of Lanzarote, the Guardamar Calliope rescued 59 people of sub-Saharan origin located in a rubber boat: four children, 13 women and 42 adult men.
Meanwhile, in Tenerife, Salvamento Marítimo received a notice from a private individual at 2:11 p.m. indicating that a vessel was sailing south about 500 meters from the El Médano pier.
Salvamento notified the emergency coordination center and the beach surveillance and security service to verify the information and later mobilized the Salvamar Alpheratz, which went to meet this vessel.
Once transferred to the Granadilla pier, its 45 occupants, of sub-Saharan origin, were assisted, and they were in good general condition.
Last week, the Ministry of the Interior published the fortnightly balance on the arrival of immigrants to the Canary Islands by sea.
According to official statistics, in the first month of 2023, 566 people arrived in the Canary Islands in 14 boats, compared to the 3,194 who did so in 71 boats in the same month of 2022.
Without a week of February having passed, there are already 509 people rescued in Canarian waters. EFE