A cayuco with 68 people on board, two of them dead, was intercepted in the early hours of yesterday morning about one kilometre off San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria).
Influx of illegals
A total of 187 illegal immigrants have arrived along the Andalucía coastline in the past twenty-four hours.
Eight illegal immigrants intercepted
After what seems to have been a lull in illegal immigration, Guardia Civil officers have intercepted a small boat near Carboneras, Almería.
More boat people
Two boatloads of illegal immigrants arrived in Spanish waters yesterday, one in Tarifa and one in the Canary Islands.
Over 900 illegal immigrants are known to have died en route to Spain in 2007
Over 900 illegal immigrants are known to have died last year in their attempts to cross into Spain.
TWO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOUND DEAD
A dug-out arrived at Los Cristianos, Tenerife, in the early hours of this morning. The boat contained a total of 59 illegal immigrants including the bodies of two people who had not survived the crossing. The 57 survivors have been taken into custody by the local authorities.
TWENTY-EIGHT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DETAINED IN ALMERÍA
The Guardia Civil in Almería have arrested four elderly Algerians who arrived by boat at a cove on the Isla Negra de Pulpi, Almería. That brings the total number of illegal immigrants detained in Almería since Tuesday to twenty-eight.
TWENTY-EIGHT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DETAINED IN CÁDIZ
The authorities were kept busy in the early hours of this morning by a small fleet of boats carrying illegal immigrants from North Africa.
CROSSINGS RESUME AFTER WEATHER BREAK
After a break due to the recent bad weather, unauthorised travel between North Africa and Anywhere in Andalucía has resumed.