91 migrants, including Senegalese, rescued in the Canaries
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
A Spanish vessel landed 91 migrants at La Restinga port on El Hierro after rescuing them south of the Canaries. They had left Kartong, Gambia, and spent seven days at sea before being transferred to a temporary reception centre, Seneweb reports.
A Spanish rescue vessel rescued 91 migrants off the island of El Hierro in the Canaries after they had spent seven days at sea. The Salvamar Diphda took them to La Restinga port during the night of Friday 30 October, after finding them 51 nautical miles south of the island, Seneweb reports.
The migrants had left Kartong, Gambia to reach Europe. The group comprises 86 men, four women and one minor, from Gambia, Senegal, Mali and Guinea-Bissau, according to Seneweb.
On their arrival, the Red Cross, the Canaries emergency services, the Civil Guard and the National Police took charge of the survivors. One migrant was taken to hospital because of his condition, while the other 90 are due to be transferred with him, after initial assistance and identification procedures, to the San Andrés Temporary Reception Centre for Foreigners, the Senegalese media reports.
