A fishing boat blocked his way boat carrying thirteen immigrants on the ship this morning 19 miles off shore Torrevieja, Red Cross sources reported. a boat Sea rescueSalvamar Leo came to their aid and Port of Alicantewhere Red Cross He had prepared the health care device. This is the first boat ever to sail into the waters of Alicante in the recently inaugurated 2023. It was reported from this institution that thirteen people were of age, of Algerian nationality, and in good health.
The arrival of this boat coincided with the distribution of a Red Cross report on aid to migrants during the past 2022. Number of migrants arriving on the coast of the Valencian Community by boats, according to data provided to Efe by this institution fell to less than half by 2022in total 410 peoples, although it has a higher percentage of minors.
Closed with last year 342 rescued men, 16 women and 52 minors (45 last boys and 7 girls) In 2021, this number was 848 (753 men, 26 women and 69 children).
Person in charge of the Humanitarian Care for Migrants device in Alicante of the humanitarian organisation, martha seaIt was emphasized that the last twelve months reached the percentage More children as they represent 12.7 percent compared to 8.1 in 2021and that babies are growing too (it has grown to six), and that before the little ones, those under 7 were almost exclusively adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17.
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Regarding the decrease in the total number of immigrants from 848 to 410 in question, Red Cross officials do not know the reasons as “migration is very volatile” and “hard to draw statistics” in this area where there is so much variation. factors that affect political and socioeconomic situation of the countries of origin and other conditions such as covid-19.
“We don’t know very well why human arrivals are declining,” insisted Marín, and cautioned, however, that “we should not relax because it may increase again next year.”
The profile of the immigrant coming to the Community of Valencia is from origin Algeriaoccasionally with sub-Saharan Africans and some Middle Eastern nationals, and more and more family units are taking risks. six to seven pregnant women Patients from 30 days of pregnancy to 5-6 months of pregnancy are being treated at General Doctor Balmis Hospital in Alicante with the complaint of abdominal pain.
They reach the coast of the state of Alicante or are rescued on the open seas. relatively good health, although there were some minor cases of burns Some cases of bone fractures while boarding a boat on the Algerian coast, where there are usually rocks, caused by a mixture of saltpeter and gasoline from the boat. In addition, two of the immigrants came with a wheelchair because they were born disabled.
boats they usually spend 72 hours at sea although there are cases when boats with more powerful engines crossed the two shores of the Mediterranean between 24 and 48 hours.
After being rescued, the migrants receive social health benefits. The Red Cross at pier 25 of the port of AlicanteIn addition to the waiting area, the infirmary, the mediation room and the games room, there are seven modules containing the store, showers, toilets and adapted bathrooms.
Here, personal and health information is collected and food, hygiene and clothing devices are given to them by the Red Cross staff consisting of 10 people. seven staff Y 180 volunteers Specially trained personnel who provide this assistance before persons are handed over to the National Police.
Most of the immigrants reaching the Valencian Community, a close family network that welcomes them or they continue their direct migration passes to France, a country where Algerians have a very strong community and travel at their own expense.
While the remainder benefit from a network of Red Cross first reception centers and other NGOs,e unaccompanied minors are admitted to the public centers of the ministry.