Moroccan coastal surveillance authorities Three boats with 391 sub-Saharan migrants were intercepted this Friday on board they sailed waters of Western Sahara heading to the Spanish Canary Islands.
According to a military source, one of the boats was 30 kilometers north of the Sahrawi city of Dakhla, another 180 kilometers southwest and the third 14 kilometers southwest of that town.
In the first two boats there were 288 migrants on board, of which 228 were Senegalese, 55 Gambian and 5 Guinean. Among them were 10 women and a baby.
The boats had set out to sea, respectively, on October 19 and 25 from the Senegalese coast and were destined for the Canary Islands, the same source specified.
As to the third paterait was intercepted by a Royal Moroccan Navy vessel and was transporting 103 sub-Saharan migrants, 94 of them Senegalese, 3 Guineans, 4 Gambians, a citizen of Guinea-Bissau and a Malian. She had five women and two minors on board.
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This boat had set sail from Saint-Louis (Senegal) on October 29 and was destined for the Canary Islands, indicated the same source.
According to the military source, the rescued people received the necessary care before being handed over to the Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie for the usual administrative procedures for expulsion from the territory.