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ARCHIVED - 57 irregular immigrants intercepted in Alicante waters
Five pateras reached the coast of Alicante province in the Marina Baixa and Vega Baja areas at the weekend
Maritime Rescue services intercepted five boats with a total of 57 irregular immigrants aboard, including a minor, off the coast of five different municipalities in Alicante province at the weekend.
The first of the pateras – a small dinghy – with 11 passengers was located at Benidorm’s Cala Ximo close to Levante beach in the Marina Baixa area, at around 1am on Saturday morning, September 11. According to Cruz Roja (Red Cross) the irregular immigrants were all men from Algeria.
At around 2.40am, the authorities received a warning of the arrival of another small boat at Orihuela’s Vistamar beach in the Vega Baja, with 12 Algerian men aboard.
And a third dinghy was discovered off the coast of Santa Pola in Alicante, just after 4am, carrying 14 people, including a 17-year-old. It's not clear whether they were all male, but again, they were Algerian.
Around three hours later, authorities intercepted a further boat with 14 Algerian adults aboard at Raco de l'Albir, in Alfaz del Pi in the Marina Baixa, and six people were rescued shortly afterwards off the coast of Pilar de la Horadada in the Vega Baja.
All 57 irregular immigrants, said to be in ‘good health’, were transferred to Alicante port, where the Red Cross has carried out health checks and PCR tests to detect possible cases of Covid.
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