Eight people have been intercepted on Friday morning as they tried to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in a small boat and are now on the way to Tarifa to join the rest of the recent arrivals. The boat was intercepted about four miles southeast of Tarifa by the Maritime Rescue vessel ‘Salvamar Alkaid’.

Two small inflatable boats carrying ten Moroccan male immigrants were intercepted in the early hours of Monday morning about five miles from Tarifa in Cádiz province. All the passengers were said to be in good health.