Two cayucos arrive with 178 immigrants to El Hierro and Gran Canaria | EUROtoday

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Two cayucos by which 178 immigrants have been touring arrived in the present day, Sunday, on the islands of The iron y Gran Canariain accordance with sources from Maritime Rescue, Emergency and Safety Coordination Center (Cecoes) 1-1-2 y Red Cross.

One of the canoes arrived on the island of El Hierro with 99 individuals on board, all of them of sub-Saharan origin, continuing to switch a pregnant girl and a person to the Hospital Nuestra Señora de los Reyes for help.

The location and rescue operation started minutes after 01:00, when the Civil Guard knowledgeable the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Tenerife of a canoe crusing 10 miles south of La Restinga.

The Rescue Coordination Center instantly mobilized the ocean rescuers Adharawho sighted the cayuco half an hour later and proceeded to escort it to the port of La Restinga, within the municipality of Pinewoodthe place the disembarkation ended round 02:50 hours.

There have been 79 males, 7 ladies and 13 minors within the canoe, together with 2 infants and 1 baby. The healthcare facility valued all of them and proceeded to switch a pregnant girl and a person to the Hospital for help, resulting from completely different pathologies.

On the opposite hand, minutes earlier than 7:00 a.m. the Civil Guard contacted the Maritime Rescue Center in Las Palmas and reported a radar echo, a doable boat or cayuco, crusing 8 miles south of Arguinegun (Gran Canaria).

Salvamar mobilized Macondo, sighted the cayuco round 07:30 hours and escorted it to the port entrance, starting the disembarkation round 08:20 hours. There have been 79 sub-Saharan individuals on the boat and no transfers have been made to well being facilities.