The ten men rescued this Saturday by a merchant ship about 370 kilometers south of The Iron They were the last survivors of a cayuco that left from the north of Mauritania toward Canary Islands almost three weeks ago and from whom they have died 48 of the 58 people who were on board.
This has not been the only tragedy in the rcanarian uta this weekend, since in waters close to Lanzarote have been shipwrecked three inflatable boats in the last 24 hours, and the bodies of six of their occupants were recovered.
Furthermore, one of the migrants who arrived in The Iron on Saturday in a cayuco with 180 occupants died in the Island Hospital.
A merchant raised the alarm
The canoe drifting south of El Hierro was located by the Homeland merchantwho notified Maritime Rescue and reported that there were nine people on board, although one had jumped into the sea and was pulled up by the ship’s crew.
Maritime Rescue instructed the Patria to remain next to the canoe until the arrival of the rescue vessel. Guardamar Talía, who arrived early Sunday morning. By then, the Patria’s crew had already transferred all the occupants of the canoe to the merchant vessel, which finally numbered ten in total.
The boat had been at sea for 19 days, the last three without an engine
The survivors, all adult males native to Senegal, Mali and Mauritaniathey reported that they left Nouadhibou (Mauritania) the October 14so they carried 19 days at seathe last three without motor.
On the way, the bodies of the companions who died were thrown overboard, 48 according to their own count, sources from the emergency services have detailed to EFE.
The Guardamar Talía arrived at the El Hierro port of The Restinga shortly before noon on Sunday, where the survivors were treated for dehydration, altered consciousness, fever and breathing difficulties due to the Red Cross and for him Canary Emergency Service. Four of them have been admitted to the Insular Hospital of El Hierro.
A tragedy to which is added that of three boats in Lanzarote
In waters near Lanzarote, the Regina ship rescued 54 people from a boat that was deflating, some of them in the water.
The Guardmar Concepción Arenal boat He went to meet the Regina and his crew managed to rescue two more people alive from the water and collected the body of one of the castaways.
This tragedy is added to the death this Sunday of at least five migrants when another inflatable boat sank about 90 kilometers east of Lanzarotewith 17 people more than have been saved thanks to a raft dropped from the air by the plane Maritime Rescue who located them.
In the same operation, they have been rescued 80 people more that they were also in trouble on a second inflatable boat close to the previous one, a spokesperson for Rescue.
On a Sunday when the crews of rescue ships based in Lanzarote and The Iron They have barely had a rest, this new tragedy (the third of the day with fatalities), has been known thanks to a flight carried out by the plane Sasemar 103.
Its crew detected two inflatables in trouble about 50 nautical miles (93 km) to northeast of Lanzaroteone of which had one of the floats deflated, so he urgently airdropped a life raft to them.
Moments later, the plane’s crew realized that there were several people in the water, some distance from the inflatable, so they threw a second life raft.
Immediately, the Helimer 204 helicopterto the Salvamar Al Nair (based on Reef) and several merchant ships that were en route through that area of Atlantic.
Upon reaching the point of emergency, the Rescue helicopter rescued a survivor from the water and observed at least five bodies floating for which it could not do anything, since it had to urgently move to the second inflatable, which was also in trouble. .
The Salvamar Al Nair He finally rescued 17 people from one of the life rafts launched by the plane and around 80 people who were on board the second inflatable.
This tragedy is added to that which occurred in waters near Lanzarotewhere the Regina ship rescued 54 people from a boat that was deflating, some of them in the water.
The boat Guardamar Concepción Arenal He went to meet the Regina and his crew managed to rescue two more people alive from the water and collected the body of one of the castaways.
With these six deaths, the number of fatalities on the Canary Islands route reported in the last 24 hours rises to a minimum of 55.
The figures of the humanitarian drama on the Canary Islands route
The actions of Maritime Rescue This weekend on the Canary Islands route there were more than twenty and more than 1,500 people were rescued.
This weekend alone, 1,563 people have been rescued from 27 boats
Specifically, they have been rescued 1,563 people from 27 boatsaccording to provisional counts, with a minimum of 86 women and 31 minors.
In El Hierro they have been rescued between November 1 and 3 547 people on seven boatsand in the waters of Lanzarote 956 in 19 boatsyes ok 157 people who were sailing in three small boats were disembarked in Fuerteventura.
In Tenerife, some 60 people they sail towards the port of Los Cristianos escorted by a Maritime Rescue vessel.
He Friday they arrived 66 migrants to the Canary coastshe Saturday 775 and on Sunday others have been rescued 722for now.
The crews of seven Maritime Rescue vessels have participated in the rescue operations: the sea guards Urania, Concepción Arenal and Talía; and save them Adhara, Mizar, Alpheratz and Al Nair.
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