A canoe with 116 migrants on board arrived in Gran Canaria this Saturday after being intercepted at dawn while sailing towards the archipelago after leaving several days ago from somewhere on the sub-Saharan coast. Ten had to be transferred to health centers, one in critical condition.
Maritime Rescue sources have reported that shortly before 2:00 a.m. the Civil Guard informed the Rescue Control Center in Las Palmas of a suspicious echo, possible patera or cayuco, 14 miles south of Maspalomas.
The maritime controllers mobilized the salvamar ‘Macondo’ and they notified the ships that were in the area so that they could be extremely vigilant and report any possible sighting of the vessel.
Finally, around 3:00 a.m., Salvamar reported that it had located the canoe and was proceeding to accompany it to ArguineguÃn. About a hundred people were on board. sub-saharan who continue to be assisted by the health device.
As reported by the Emergency and Security Coordinating Center (Cecoes) 1-1-2 and the Red Cross, ten migrants have needed to be transferred to health centers for different pathologies, one in critical condition.
