Safety · El Hierro · 14.11, 10:31
Two boats with 270 migrants arrive at La Restinga port on El Hierro
Two boats with migrants from Africa arrived at La Restinga port on Friday night. There were 270 people on board. This included 24 women and 21 likely minors.
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The first boat with 122 people arrived at 23:55 on Friday. The second boat with 148 people arrived at 04:01 on Saturday. Salvamento Marítimo units provided assistance. One person received help for back pain but did not go to the 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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