The Maritime Rescue Service from Motril has this morning, Thursday, intercepted a boat carrying 28 adult Moroccan males.
Missing immigrant boat found
The Moroccan authorities have rescued 24 people alive and recovered 11 bodies from a boat carrying illegal sub-Saharan immigrants. A search had been ongoing for the boat since Monday.
31 illegal immigrants intercepted off Tarifa
The Maritime Rescue Service has intercepted 31 sub-Saharans, including three women and a baby, who were trying to make their way to Spain in small boats.
Another seven migrant boats intercepted
Two boats carrying a total of 12 migrants were intercepted off Tarifa on Friday morning by Maritime Rescue vessels after calls were received from passengers on board the vessels and from people in Morocco.
The Easter rush continues
Yet more dinghies carrying migrants have been intercepted by Maritime Rescue vessels, a total of 22 travelling in three small boats. The passengers have been taken to the port of Tarifa, Cádiz province, early on Wednesday morning.
Another 23 sub-Saharan migrants intercepted in the Strait of Gibraltar
Maritime Rescue and Moroccan Gendarmes have intercepted four small dinghies in the Strait of Gibraltar with a total of 23 sub-Saharans on board.
27 immigrants intercepted in the Strait of Gibraltar
Maritime Rescue intercepted three boats on Monday in the Strait of Gibraltar with a total of 27 people trying to make their way to mainland Spain.
32 illegal immigrants rescued in the Strait of Gibraltar
At around 08:00, a passenger on a small boat called the authorities to tell them that they were drifting in the Strait of Gibraltar after their engine failed and Marine Rescue and Red Cross officers were sent to locate the vessel.
Seven rescued and two missing from capsized migrant boat
Seven people were rescued early this morning and two others are missing after their dinghy capsized in the Strait of Gibraltar off Tangier in Morocco.
More boats intercepted in the Straits of Gibraltar
Two more small boats carrying illegal immigrants have been intercepted in the Straits of Gibraltar and Moroccan Gendarmes are searching for a third boat sighted in the waters near Tangier. On Saturday, one small boat capsized in the Straits with two people killed and two missing, and on Monday another boat sank with five people reported missing.