Thread: More than 15,000 sub-Saharan migrants reach Spain in 2017

More than 15,000 sub-Saharan migrants reach Spain in 2017

OVER 15,000 migrants have been rescued attempting to reach Spain this year, far exceeding the total of 13,246 of last year, according to the International Migration Organisation (OIM).

This weekend, 470 sub-Saharan Africans in 45 small, overcrowded boats were attended to by the coastguard when they reached the shores of Murcia, and a fortnight ago, over 600 reached Andalucía in the space of three days.

As at October 31, the coastguard had coordinated the rescue of exactly 13,533 migrants, mostly sub-Saharan Africans, arriving on 824 boats, and in the last three weeks this has increased by over 1,500.

Major arrivals include 29 Africans in four boats off the coast of Tarifa (Cádiz province) on November 8 and, two days later, another 20 on one boat who reached the shores of Adra (Almería province).

Also in Andalucía, the following day brought 195 migrants in four boats to the province of Málaga, and the day after, 60 were rescued 10 kilometres south of Barbate (Cádiz province).

Coastguard officials in the Canary Islands attended to 36 migrants on one boat in the port of Los Cristianos in Arona, Tenerife, and two days after this, three boats carrying 102 sub-Saharans were rescued near Alborán Island, about halfway between Almería and Morocco.

These do not include those migrants who arrived overland, managing to cross the border fences from Morocco to the Spanish city-provinces of Ceuta and Melilla on its coast.

Other than Ceuta and Melilla, the main entry routes are via the Strait of Gibraltar heading for the coast of the province of Cádiz, and towards Almería via the Alborán Sea.

The 15,000-plus who made it to Spain would have been placed in migration internment centres, from which they can apply for asylum and will be held until either they are granted refugee status, or they are deported.

The process can take months, or even years.

More than 15,000 sub-Saharan migrants reach Spain in 2017

Six hundred African migrants rescued near Spain

Around 600 African migrants were rescued off the coast of Spain in 24 hours, a sea rescue patrol said Saturday.

The Guardia Civil and Salvamento Maritimo rescue service added that operations to recover further migrants were still under way.

Spain is the third busiest gateway for migrants arriving in Europe, but far behind Italy and Greece. However, the number of people arriving by sea in Spain has nearly tripled over the last year to 17,687.

Many Africans undertaking the long route to Europe are choosing to avoid crossing danger-ridden Libya to get to Italy along the so-called central Mediterranean route, and choosing instead to get there via Morocco and Spain.

On Saturday, most of the migrants arrived in the south-eastern region of Murcia, where 431 people aboard 41 makeshift boats were discovered.
Patrols found more than 110 people in the Alboran Sea, between Morocco and Spain’s Andalusian coast.

Operations were also conducted in the Strait of Gibraltar, recovering 48 people on four makeshift boats.

The rescues were carried out by the Navy, the Guardia Civil police and Salvamento Maritimo.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) close to 160,000 people have made the dangerous crossing to Europe this year and almost 3,000 more died or went missing while trying.

Six hundred African migrants rescued near Spain - BusinessLIVE

GOOD GRIEF...DEPORT THESE PEOPLE...THERE ARE MILLIONS RIGHT BEHIND THEM.

ARE THESE COUTRIES STUPID? THEY ARE SOLEY RESPONSIBILE FOR THE DEMISE OF THEIR CULTURE AND COUNTRY!

HAUL THEM OUT OF OFFICE NOW!

534 rescued migrants reach Spain's Murcia as more arrive to Granada, Melilla

Hundreds of migrants reached Spanish territory over the weekend, with new arrivals to the autonomous city of Melilla on the north coast of Africa and the southern city of Granada on Monday, according to authorities.

Authorities said that some 534 migrants, who arrived on 50 boats over the weekend, would be questioned by local courts according to a special directive issued by Spain's High Court and government.

534 rescued migrants reach Spain's Murcia as more arrive to Granada ...