Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE) whereabouts, sources from the Caminando Fronteras collective have told EFE.
According to the information provided by the families of those on board, the boat left twelve days ago from Kanfountine, a fishing town in the part of Senegal located to the south of Gambia, some 1,700 kilometers from Tenerife.
“They are all from the same area, all very young. There is a father who calls every day asking about his whereabouts, because he has three children on board, ”says a spokeswoman for the NGO that has forwarded the notice to the Spanish authorities.
Maritime Rescue has confirmed to EFE that this cayuco is being searched for and that in recent days a plane has been mobilized from the Canary Islands to search the waters to the south of the islands. EFE