On Thursday evening, Guardia Civil officers intercepted 20 Algerian immigrants a few miles off the coast near the Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Nijar in Almería.
All the passengers were adult males and all were in reasonably good health according to the Red Cross.
Meanwhile, down near Tarifa, the SIVE surveillance system detected a small, inflatable dinghy about five miles from the coast and a patrol vessel was sent to intercept.
On board the dinghy were four North African males, one of whom was a minor. The dinghy was towed to the port of Algeciras where the occupants were handed over to the National police.