They rescue more than 80 migrants aboard two small boats in the waters of the Canary Islands

More than 80 migrants aboard two boats have been rescued during the early hours of this Sunday, one of them near the island of Lanzarote and the other in Gran Canaria.

Salvamento Marítimo de Las Palmas received a notice from 112 during the night informing of the call of a boat near Lanzarote, for which reason it mobilized and sent the guardamar Polimnia to the area.

At about 4.45 in the morning in a new call to 112, he integrates us into the conversation and his specific position is obtained towards which the guardamara Polimnia is heading, who sights her at around 5.50 and begins the rescue maneuver for the 49 people who they were inside, all North Africans.

Of those rescued, 47 are men, one woman and one child. They were all directed to the Muelle de la Cebolla where their disembarkation ended at 7 in the morning this Sunday, with the transfer of 2 of them to health centers for different pathologies.

In addition, another boat with 32 people on board reached the coast of Gran Canaria during the night, specifically the tourist municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, and they appeared in good general health.

In the south of Gran Canaria, 32 immigrants were helped by the Red Cross late this Saturday after arriving in the area of ​​the Maspalomas lighthouse.

Some of the immigrants were in poor condition, so they were transferred to a hospital.

Likewise, at 01:50 today, Sunday, another boat with 38 men of North African origin was found near the coast of Lanzarote, between the area of ​​Arrieta and Punta Mujeres, in the municipality of Haría.

A third vessel was also located on the coast of Lanzarote and the Guardamar Polimnia de Salvamento Marítimo came to its aid, which rescued 49 people of North African origin at dawn.

All those rescued – 47 men, a woman and a child – were transferred to the pier of La Cebolla, in Arrecife (Lanzarote), where they arrived early this Sunday.

Maritime Rescue tries to help a fourth boat about 60 miles north of Lanzarote, in which about 50 people sail, which has been located by a fishing boat.