2023-08-09 14:54:58
The migrants, 267 men, 22 women and 46 minors, were taken to the port of Arrecife, sources from the Canary Islands Emergency and Rescue Coordination Center told the Spanish agency EFE.
Three of the migrants were taken to a hospital because they were injured.
Two of the vessels were located late Tuesday afternoon with 120 people on board and, later, five more vessels were located.
In the first, with 51 people on board, five minors were found, including a baby, and in another, 20 people were rescued.
In the remaining three, rescued together, there were 135 men and 27 possible minors, added the sources.
The nationality of the migrants was not revealed.
On Tuesday morning, two other boats with 47 and 60 people had already been found in the same area.
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