Moroccan authorities announced this Monday. Rescue of 59 immigrants They come from sub-Saharan countries divided into two boats and They were going to the Canary IslandsDue to the increase in such operations in recent weeks.
The General Staff of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces announced that the intervention in the boats took place on Monday morning, 172 kilometers northwest and 266 kilometers southwest of the coast of the city of Dakhla in Western Sahara, respectively. He also announced that those rescued received the necessary basic medical care before being handed over to the Royal Gendarmerie, Moroccan state news agency MAP reported.
Moroccan authorities In 2023, they detained nearly 87,000 immigrants irregularly. arrive in spain In various operations carried out in the waters of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Oceans and other parts of the African country.
The balance sheet of the Spanish Ministry of Internal Affairs as of January 3, 2024 shows a total of 56,852 immigrants who arrived irregularly in Spain in 2023; This is 82.1 percent more than in the same period in 2022, when 31,219 people arrived. Thus, 2023 became a record year in migration as it was the second year with the most irregular entries into Spain after 2018.