The Spanish maritime rescue service has saved 268 irregular migrants, including four minors and 17 women, bringing them ashore on the island of El Hierro.
Sea-news.az reports citing Spanish media, that the majority of them spent 11 days at sea in a canoe that set off from the Varela National Park (Guinea-Bissau).
Currently, two new groups are heading toward the island.
According to the emergency services of El Hierro, the crew of the rescue vessel “Salvamar Diphda” rescued the first group arriving in La Restinga. Passengers on the small vessel included citizens of West African nations—Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, and Côte d’Ivoire.
Additionally, the vessel “Guardamar Polimnia” rescued another group of approximately 100 people found in a second canoe located 65 kilometers off La Restinga.
