Just before dawn, Last Saturday the Civil Guard boat “Río Miño” rescued 24 migrants in the Alboran Sea, 50 miles south of Nerja. The occupants 23 men and one woman all of Maghrebi origin (North African) were picked up by the Civil Guard boat and transferred to the Maritime Rescue boat “Salvamar Alnitak” before being taken to the Port of …
Plenty of people strolling along the beach, some paddling, one or two out on the water messing about in their boats, some feral cats and a huge dog enjoying its walkies.
A Dutch couple, aged 63 and 67 years, died when fire destroyed their sailing boat which was anchored off Portocolom in Felanitx on the island of Mallorca.
Eleven sub-Saharan migrants have been intercepted about ten miles off Tarifa as they tried to make their way to mainland Spain in a small inflatable boat.
A total of 51 sub-Saharan migrants, including three pregnant women and five children, have arrived in the port of Almeria.
A fishing boat moored in Adra port, Almeria, caught fire and sank on Saturday morning. Fortunately there was no-one on the boat at the time of the incident.
An eight month old baby died in the early hours of this morning after a boat carrying 14 illegal immigrants capsized off Melilla.
Glorious couple of days, clear blue skies and quite a few people sunbathing on the beaches. And who can blame them? Flat, calm sea and clear at the moment, certainly clear enough to see the little fishies swimming around.
Officers from the Agencia Tributaria (Inland Revenue) have intercepted a boat carrying 4.5 tons of hashish and have arrested three crew members on charges of crimes against the public health. The boat, the Phoenix III, was intercepted ten miles off Algeciras. The source and destination of the drugs is not yet known.
Two people were injured, one of them seriously, after falling from their boat off El Playazo beach.