The sinking of a small boat caused one death, while when another boat crossed, only ten of the approximately 60 people who began the trip survived, the EFE agency reported.
More than 500 immigrants were rescued in waters south of El Hierro and east of Lanzarote, on a night in which two new tragedies were confirmed on the Canary Route, with the death of at least 61 people.
The sinking of a small boat caused one death, while when another boat crossed, only ten of the approximately 60 people who began the trip survived, the EFE agency reported.
This is the balance of ten Maritime Rescue rescue operations during a weekend in which 841 migrants arrived in El Hierro and Lanzarote in 13 boats alone on Saturday afternoon, but the flow continued at a constant pace since the night of Saturday until Sunday.
In Lanzarote, the ship Regina rescued 54 people from a skiff, some of them in the water, so the coast guard ship Concepción Arenal traveled to the scene, where it recovered two more people alive and another deceased.
The Concepción Arenal rescued two more boats with 50 people each and will arrive with all those rescued in Arrecife at the end of the morning.
About 375 kilometers south of El Hierro, a merchant ship picked up the ten survivors of a boat that left Senegal with about 60 people, according to the Maritime Rescue crew.
The survivors, who reported that around 60 people had left Senegal, are already on board the Spanish coast guard cutter Talía, which is heading to the port of La Restinga, in El Hierro, where they are expected to arrive at the beginning of the end of this year. .
On the other hand, the lifeguard Adhara transported 42 people to La Restinga at 10:00 p.m., all men of Pakistani and Mauritanian nationality, who claimed to have left the Mauritanian coast in Nouakchott five days ago.
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, lifeguards Mizar and Adhara arrived with another 150 people, including nine women and several minors, rescued from a boat 110 kilometers from the coast.
East of Lanzarote, the coast guard ship Urania rescued three more boats: one with 56 people, another with 43 and the last with 58, which were disembarked in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura.
The arrival in Arrecife of the fishing vessel Zerruco Erregina, which rescued 45 people from a boat, is also expected this Sunday.
Source: Observadora
