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Date Published: 16/08/2023

107 migrants arrive by sea in Murcia in one night

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A trail of small dinghies made their way to the Murcia coast on Tuesday August 15

107 migrants arrive by sea in Murcia in one night

In a period of less than 24 hours, a caravan of tiny boats, or pateras, crossed the treacherous waters from North Africa to the Murcian coast. On Tuesday August 15 alone, 107 men, women and children were rescued from the Region’s seas.

Thankfully, all of the irregular migrants landed safely and have since been transferred to the Temporary Attention Centre for Foreigners in Cartagena.

Last year, more than 31,700 refugees and migrants made their way to the Spanish mainland but it’s estimated that around 4,000 people die every year trying to make this crossing.

The rescue vessels of the Salvamento Marítimo come to the aid of countless pateras in distress and along the Murcian coast this Tuesday, they took care of practically all of the arriving migrants. The only exception was a small boat carrying 10 people that drifted towards Águilas at around 1.50pm and was intercepted by the Guardia Civil.

In the early hours of the morning, a dinghy with 16 people arrived in the waters of Cartagena and shortly after 5am a second patera carrying 10 migrants landed in the same area.

The flow didn’t slow down as the day moved on and at 6.30pm a boat carrying 27 passengers, including a woman and a child, was intercepted off Cartagena, followed by another one with five migrants at 7.30pm.

Finally, just before eight in the evening, three other boats in which a total of 39 people were travelling were also located off Cartagena’s coast.