Three small boats arrived yesterday to the coasts of Formentera with a total of 35 migrants on board. In the first one, which landed on the coast at 6:35am, there were nine people, including a woman with her two-year-old daughter, who disembarked on the beach of es Caló de Sant Agustí. All occupants are of North African origin and were in apparent good health, as reported by the Government Delegation in the Balearic Islands. The resident of es Caló Joan Torres who alerted 112 attended to them at first and gave hot milk to the girl and coffee to her parents, who were traveling together in the boat, as he told Ràdio Illa.
At 1:22pm a second boat arrived at the beach of Cala Saona with 12 men on board, aged between 20 and 30 years, all also North African and, in principle, in good health. The boat arrived at the shore before the astonished gaze of the few bathers who were there at that time, although it is normally a very crowded beach. The rain during the night and in the morning, which fell intermittently, only made it appetizing for the most intrepid swimmers. As in all cases of unorthorized entry of people into national territory, the corresponding protocol was activated by the Guardia Civil and Policía Local who immediately intercepted these people.
Finally, at 1:45pm a total of fourteen migrants of North African origin were rescued at sea, in apparent good health, 15 miles south of Formentera, after the skiff was sighted by the Helimer helicopter of Salvamento Marítimo, the entity that participated in the operation.
27 migrants rescued at sea
The Guardia Civil and Salvamento Marítimo also had to rescue in the early hours of yesterday morning 27 people of North African origin at sea, in two boats in the waters south of Cabrera.
The previous boat that arrived in Formentera was last Friday, October 7th. This boat arrived at the beach of es Ram (Migjorn) around 7pm with seven migrants on board. The Policía Local and the Guardia Civil located the occupants of the boat on land, informed the Government Delegation.
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