A boat carrying 39 illegal immigrants was intercepted early this morning off the Granada coast. Thirteen of those on board were women, of whom five were in an advanced state of pregnancy.
The boat was intercepted at 02:00 this morning about twenty miles south of Motril and the occupants, from Sierra Leone, Guinea Conakry and Bangladesh, were transported to the port of Motril.
The five pregnant women were transferred to hospital for a check-up given the advanced stage of their pregnancies. The rest were transferred to the internment centre prior to repatriation.