185 migrants from Senegal rescued near El Hierro
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
185 migrants from Senegal were rescued aboard three boats and taken to El Hierro, Spain, including several minors and one child hospitalised. The three operations involved 53, 57 and 75 passengers, according to Seneweb.
Spanish coastguards rescued 185 migrants aboard three boats that had left Senegal and took them to the island of El Hierro, according to Seneweb. The first boat, which left Ndior, was carrying 53 people, including seven minors. The second, departing from Dakar, had 57 passengers, including three minors.
A child among the passengers on the second boat was hospitalised after the rescue, while the other occupants were in satisfactory health, according to Seneweb. The third boat was carrying 75 people, including eight women and 15 minors.
These arrivals come after 129 Senegalese people landed in the Canaries aboard two boats from Saint-Louis on 11 November, according to Seneweb. Two boats from Saint-Louis land 129 Senegalese in the Canaries.
