In total, over 200 illegal immigrants arrived in Spanish waters on Wednesday, this figure including the boat in which at least 14 people died.
A boat with 73 occupants arrived in the port of Los Cristianos, Tenerife, another carrying 39 people arrived in Motril, yet another arrived in Almería with 17 passengers on board and near Carboneras, Almería, Guardia Civil officers detained 14 North Africans who had managed to reach El Barranquete beach.
In Carboneras, the Guardia Civil are carrying out a search of the area as it is known that there were more than the 14 detainees on board the small boat when it reached El Barranquete beach.