Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE).- One hundred and two immigrants of sub-Saharan and North African origin, including four women and four minors, arrived in Lanzarote this Monday aboard three boats, two of them rescued by Maritime Rescue and the third located already on land, on the north coast of the island.
As reported to EFE by a Salvamento spokeswoman, the first group, of 46 people, was rescued at around 8:53 am by the Guardamar Polimnia about 66 kilometers northeast of Arrecife, after they were sighted by a fishing boat.
They were 41 men, three women and two minors, all of North African origin, who were on board a wooden boat.
The second group was made up of 34 men and one woman of sub-Saharan origin, located by the Salvamar Al Nair around 9:00 am, about 18 kilometers southeast of the capital of Lanzarote.
While the emergency services attended to those rescued in the port of Arrecife, a pneumatic boat with 22 people on board reached the coast of Charco del Palo, in the municipality of Haría.
As reported by the Lanzarote Emergency Consortium, there are 20 adult men and two minors of North African origin, who are in apparent good health.
During the early hours of the morning, Salvamento Marítimo helped another group of 65 people of sub-Saharan origin (57 men and eight women) who were on board a dinghy located in the east of Fuerteventura and took them to the port of Gran Tarajal, on that same island. EFE