While at the moment it is not known where it came from, the precarious wooden vessel carried 159 people, including 32 minors, 49 women and 78 men.
A boat that had tens of migrants to the Spanish island of Ironin the Canary Islands, He overturned and left a balance of at least seven women and dead girls. In addition, there are others Eight people injuredthree of them in serious condition.
The emergency services of the Canary Islands detailed: “The overturn of a Boat at La Restinga It has resulted in seven deceased people: four women, a child under 16 and two 5 -year -old girls each”
Spanish public television spread images of the totally overturned boat. There, it was also possible to see how dozens of desperate migrants tried to climb the helmet to jump back to the maritime rescue ship that was next. Others grabbed the life floats that threw them into the water in the middle of the bewilderment.
The head of government of the island of Iron, Alpidio Armashe said to the press: “It cannot happen that we leave 200 miles or 25, to collect a patera and that when the people get to us, people die at the dock.” In turn, he considered: “We are doing something wrong.”
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“During the landing, a part of the people traveling in the Cayuco has concentrated on one of the bands, which has caused the scorating and overturned of it,” they said from the maritime rescue, which stressed that the landing is “The most delicate moment of the operation”especially “being Boats with precarious and overloaded safety conditions”
As reported from the agency to AFP, 159 people were traveling on the boat, including 32 minors, 49 women and 78 men. At the moment, it is not known from where it came.
“The drama lived in El Hierro should move us all. Lives lost in a desperate attempt to find a better future. We must be up to it. It is a matter of humanity,” the president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez wrote in X.
Spain is one of the countries in Europe that has the highest entry of irregular migrants. According to the NGO walking borders, at least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach the country between January 1 and December 5, 2024.
Source: Ambito
