The boat arrived at the Gran Tarajal dock on Thursday afternoon.

Maritime Rescue has rescued in the last few hours on the Canary Islands route 49 people who were in a rubber dinghy, all Maghrebis, except for three sub-Saharan Africans, and eight of them minors, whom it has disembarked in apparent good health in Gran Tarajal, southeast of Fuerteventura.

The boat was located by the Sasemar 103 and the Salvamar Izar departed to help it, whose crew managed to rescue all its occupants at 8:20 p

Salvamento rescues a sixth boat with 48 people in Fuerteventura waters
It was a Maritime Rescue plane that sighted this inflatable boat during the morning, then mobilised the state company to the Talía Seaguard



Maritime Rescue has rescued early this Saturday afternoon the 48 occupants of a new boat that has arrived in waters near the Canary Islands, the sixth since Friday night, this time near Fuerteventura.

On this boat, according to data provided by the emergency device established

Three people were being treated, but it is not ruled out that more immigrants may have arrived

A boat with at least three immigrants has arrived this Sunday on the east coast of Fuerteventura, 112 has reported.

The immigrants arrived by their own means to the town of Las Playitas, more specifically on the beach of Los Pajaritos, in the municipality of Tuineje, at around 10:30 am.

The Civil Guard has arrested three of the occupants of the boat and is searching the area in case more peopl

Fifty people have lost their lives after a cayuco (small wooden boat) that departed from Mauritania on 2nd January capsized while en route to the Canary Islands, according to the spokesperson of the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras, Helena Maleno.

The tragedy only came to light yesterday, 15th January, when Moroccan authorities rescued 36 survivors from the ill-fated vessel. Caminando Fronteras reported that the cayuco was initially carrying 86 passengers, though the exact number remains uncer

A 68-year-old man narrowly escaped drowning on Sunday when the boat he was traveling in capsized just 40 metres from the shore off Playa Blanca, in the capital of Fuerteventura.

Emergency services responded promptly to the incident, which occurred at around 10:00 am, according to reports from 112 emergency services.

The man, who was displaying moderate symptoms of near-drowning, received medical attention from personnel from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC). He was subsequently t

A 68-year-old man narrowly escaped drowning on Sunday when the boat he was traveling in capsized just 40 metres from the shore off Playa Blanca, in the capital of Fuerteventura.

Emergency services responded promptly to the incident, which occurred at around 10:00 am, according to reports from 112 emergency services.

The man, who was displaying moderate symptoms of near-drowning, received medical attention from personnel from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC). He was subsequently t

The Civil Guard and the Tax Agency have arrested a 28-year-old man when he arrived in Gran Canaria on a boat from Fuerteventura with a vehicle in which he hid 32.25 kilos of hashish in the doors and under the hood, for which a judge has ordered his provisional detention.

The accused of an alleged crime against public health in the form of drug trafficking was surprised after disembarking in the port of La Luz by Civil Guard agents who were carrying out routine inspection work, who stopped the

A boat with nine migrants on board has arrived this Friday afternoon in the south of Fuerteventura, emergency services sources have reported.

It was carrying five men, a woman and three minors, who reached the coast of Gran Tarajal, in the south of Fuerteventura, by their own means.

In principle, immigrants are in good health.