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135 migrants assisted in two missions
On the morning of Nov 29, the 'Salvamar Acrux' and the LS 'Mike 02' of the Cruz Roja accompanied a cayuco to La Restinga. The boat had on board 68 sub-Saharan people. They were safely diisembarked in the port at 3.30 a.m. LT. The resonse was coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo. The same morning, the 'Salvamar Macondo' accompanied a cayuco eight nautical miles south of Gran Canaria. The 67 sub-Saharan people were disembarkated in Arguineguín at 8:24 la.m. LT. The resposne was coordinated by the CCS Las Palmas of Salvamento Marítimo. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1862438075017592914
254 migrants rescued in three missions
On Nov 22 at 10.40 p.m., the 'Salvamar Macondo' has disembarked 46 people in Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, who were in a cayuco when they were spotted, 111 kilometres south of the island, by the container ship 'Damieta Express' short before 6:00 p.m., which was reported to the Maritime Rescue centre in Las Palmas. The 'Salvamar Macondo' rescued the boat people at 8:37 p.m., all in apparent good health. Previously, Salvamento Marítimo had assisted another 326 people, including three babies, from two canoes which were located by sailboats en route to the south of the Canary Islands. The first rescue was carried out by the 'Salvamar Adhara' about 90 kilometres south of El Hierro, when it rescued 141 people, among them 104 men, 24 women and 13 minors, three of them babies, from Senegal, Gambia, Guinea and Nigeria, whose boat had left Senegal seven days earlier. Upon arrival at La Restinga, a man was treated for abdominal pain, as was one of the babies, who arrived with a fever. The second operation was carried out from La Gomera by the 'Guardamar Talía', mobilised to assist another cayuco sighted some 185 kilometres south of Tenerife. There were 67 people on board, including five women and a baby, who were disembarked in the port of Los Cristianos (Tenerife) at around 10:15 p.m.
71 migrants assisted to Arguineguín
On Oct 28, a cayuco, with 71 people of sub-Saharan origin on board, was spotted near the Maspalomas beach. Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Macondo' to assist, which accompanied the boat to Arguineguín, where the migrants disembarked.
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