Safety · El Hierro · 14.11, 10:23
Two boats with 270 people arrive at La Restinga port on El Hierro
Two boats carrying migrants from Senegal, Guinea Conakry, and Gambia arrived at La Restinga port on Friday night. There were 270 people on board. This included 24 women and 21 people who were likely minors.
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The first boat with 122 people arrived at the port at 23:55 on Friday. The second boat with 148 people arrived at 04:01 on Saturday. Salvamento Marítimo units intervened in both cases. One person from the first group received help for back pain. This person did not require transport to a hospital.
The boats departed from Senegal (Yenn and Kayar). They spent 5 and 6 days at sea respectively. Six other boats with 520 people also arrived at the port on Friday.
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