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More immigrants reach the Canary Islands this Sunday
By m.p. - Sep 30, 2007 - 9:33 PM
ALSO SEE : • Immigrant boat lands on a Cartagena beach - Oct 23, 2007 - 7:47 PM
• Drug smuggler arrested in Algeciras with a man hiding in the boot of his car - Oct 16, 2007 - 8:38 PM

Some of the illegal immigrants who were transferred onto the Esperanza del Mar hospital ship. Photo – EFE.
Some of the illegal immigrants who were transferred onto the Esperanza del Mar hospital ship. Photo – EFE.
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220 passengers in less than 24 hours
The Canary Islands were hit by another avalanche of immigrant boats this weekend, with 220 passengers reaching the islands in less than 24 hours.

Most of the boats were spotted approaching the Canaries by planes from the air rescue service, SAR, and were escorted into port on Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and El Hierro by the Coastguard.

The largest vessel had 131 people on board, 19 of whom could be under age.

The latest group of 11 passengers reached port in Gran Canaria on board the Esperanza del Mar hospital ship, after a Spanish Air Force plane spotted their boat 170 miles South of Maspalomas.


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ALSO SEE :
• Immigrant boat lands on a Cartagena beach - Oct 23, 2007 - 7:47 PM
• Drug smuggler arrested in Algeciras with a man hiding in the boot of his car - Oct 16, 2007 - 8:38 PM
• Immigrants escape from Algeciras internment centre - Oct 10, 2007 - 7:21 PM
• Murcia businessman sentenced for employing hundreds of migrant workers illegally - Oct 9, 2007 - 6:42 PM
• Four immigrant boats intercepted off the Murcia Region - Oct 8, 2007 - 8:05 PM
• Nine immigrant boats intercepted off Almería this weekend - Oct 7, 2007 - 6:30 PM
• More arrests in Costa del Sol illegal immigration network - Oct 4, 2007 - 9:16 PM
• Cruise ship rescues immigrants off Cartagena - Oct 4, 2007 - 6:55 PM
• SIVE coastal surveillance announced for Murcia - Oct 3, 2007 - 6:48 PM
• Immigrants arrested trying to reach Murcia and Almería - Oct 2, 2007 - 7:14 PM

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Biggy
23 Oct 2007, 21:08
I will like to be notify any time immigrant from Mauritania Nouadhibou land at Spanish Canaris Island.

And I will appreciate allot if I can receive the news about all the immigrant that landed from Mauritania last two weeks ago.
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