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318 migrants on five boats assisted

A number of arrivals of migrants off La Restinga and Los Cristianos were reported on the morning of Nov 21. The 'Guardamar Talía' rescued the people aboard one boat and accompaniment two more to La Restinga, with 60 people on the first and 53 and 55 people on the other boatts. The 'Salvamar Acrux' accompanied a cayuco six nautical miles south of La Restinga, which had 53 people on board, and the 'Salvamar Alpheratz' escorted a cayuco to Los Cristianos, which had 97 people on board. The responses were coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1859528389339619548

58 migrants rescued off El Hierro

On Nov 19, the 'Salvamar Acrux' assisted a cayuco with 58 people, among them four women, on board, off the coast of El Hierro. The cayuco, which was spotted 15 nauticalmiles from the coast, had initially been located by the 'Salvamar Adhara', which was on a rescue mission for another cayuco 60 miles south of El Hierro. After reporting the location, the 'Salvamar Acrux 'was sent to carry out the rescue. The migrants were taken to the port of La Restinga, where the 'Salvamar Acrux'arrived at 1:20 p.m. One of the migrants was taken to the Virgen de los Reyes Insular Hospital to receive urgent medical attention by an emergency team that included the Red Cross' Immediate Emergency Response Team (ERIE), the Canary Islands Emergency Service, port surveillance, the Civil Guard and the National Police, before being transferred to the Temporary Assistance Center for Foreigners (CATE) in the town of San Andrés, where they will be cared for by the NGO "Orange Heart - Ebrima Sonko" and will remain under police custody until their transfer to other resources outside the island. According to the migrants' testimonies, the crossing from Nouadhibou had lasted four days. The migrants were comnig from several countries, including Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea-Conakry, Mali, Ivory Coast, Syria and Somalia.

Motorboat towed to Ibiza

The engine of the motorboat 'Xatona', with four crew members on board, began to smoke when they tried to start it, and the crew requested assistance in Cala Olivera (Ibiza), near the rocks. The RCC of Salvamento Marítimo in Palma mobilized the 'Salvamar Acrux', which took the boat in tow and safely pulled it to theMarina Ibiza, where it was docked at 5:40 p.m.