Canarias
59 new immigrant arrivals on Tenerife
By h.b. - May 7, 2008 - 7:25 AM
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A total of 59 sub-Saharan immigrants have arrived in the port of Los Cristianos on Tenerife, after being intercepted by the coastguard when to the SE of Gran Canaria. A coastguard spokesman said that there were two women among the travellers who were first spotted at 4,30pm last night by a patrol plane from the Spanish Air Force.
A helicopter and coastguard vessel was sent to the area and the travellers finally arrived onland at midnight last night. The Red Cross says all of them are in good health.
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