During the early hours of this morning, at 05:10 to be precise, the Sistema Integral de Vigilancia Exterior (SIVE) detected a small inflatable toy boat about 2.5 miles off Tarifa. On board were five Moroccans.
Five illegal immigrants intercepted off Punta Sabinal
Five Algerian tourists who had inadvertantly forgotten to bring any paperwork with them were intercepted on Sunday about twenty miles south of Punta Sabinal, Almería.
68 illegals arrive in Tarifa
Sixty-eight irregular immigrants were rescued on Saturday morning about seven miles west of Tarifa.
Fishermen find body
On Thursday, some fishermen spotted the body of a woman floating in the water about four miles southwest of Faro de Trafalgar, Cádiz.
30 illegal immigrants arrive off Almería
A total of 30 undocumented North African tourists arrived off the coast of Almería yesterday in two boats, one at the popular destination of Cabo de Gata and the other just east of San José, in Níjar.
35 illegal immigrants intercepted off Cabo de Gata
Maritime Rescue and Guardia Civil officers intercepted two small boats last night off Cabo de Gata, Almería, with a total of 35 passengers on board, including two women and a baby.
17 illegal immigrants intercepted off Tarifa
Good weather for boating, little chance of hyperthermia, so yet another vessel was intercepted this morning off Tarifa, the passengers of North African origin.
79 illegal immigrants arrive in Almería
A small armada of boats carrying unwanted North African visitors has arrived off the coast of Almería in the past twenty-four hours.
57 illegal immigrants arrive in Tarifa
At 08:00 this morning, the Emergency Services in Tarifa received a call from a vessel about 10 miles off the coast. The small, pneumatic dinghy was carrying 57 passengers, eight of them young children.
Jail for men accused of organising ill-fated boat trip which killed at least 8 immigrants
A judge has ordered detention in custody for the three people accused of organising the boat trip in which at least eight passengers died when the craft hit rocks near Barbate.