- Title: Around 50 migrants rescued in poor conditions off Canary Islands
- Date: 26th August 2021
- Summary: ARGUINEGUIN, SPAIN (AUGUST 25, 2021) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS, INCLUDING TODDLER, WRAPPED IN RED BLANKETS, DISEMBARKING MIGRANTS WAITING TO DISEMBARK MIGRANTS LYING ON THE PORT'S GROUND COVERED IN RED BLANKETS MIGRANTS WAITING TO DISEMBARK MIGRANT LYING ON A STRETCHER COVERED IN EMERGENCY BLANKET MIGRANTS LYING ON THE PORT'S GROUND COVERED IN RED BLANKETS MIGRANTS WAITING TO DISEMBARK MIGRANTS LYING ON THE PORT'S GROUND MEMBERS OF SPANISH EMERGENCY SERVICE HANDING MIGRANT BABY OVER TO STAFF ON DOCK MIGRANTS LYING ON THE PORT'S GROUND COVERED IN RED BLANKETS VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY SERVICE HELICOPTER LANDING AT PORT VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ATTENDING MIGRANTS MIGRANT LYING ON STRETCHER COVERED IN EMERGENCY BLANKET MIGRANT BEING TAKEN TO AMBULANCE MIGRANT BREATHING THROUGH OXYGEN MASK MIGRANT LYING ON THE DECK MIGRANT ON STRETCHER BEING TAKEN OFF BOAT MIGRANT BEING TAKEN TO HELICOPTER MIGRANT LYING ON STRETCHER MIGRANT ON STRETCHER BEING TAKEN OFF BOAT VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER TAKING OFF VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS LYING ON THE PORT'S GROUND COVERED IN RED BLANKETS
- Embargoed: 9th September 2021 22:32
- Keywords: Arguineguin port Canary Islands Spanish coast guards emergency services migrants rescued
- Location: ARGUINEGUIN, SPAIN
- City: ARGUINEGUIN, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Europe,Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001ERX55JB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Spanish coast guards transported around 50 migrants rescued in the Atlantic Ocean to the port of Arguineguin on the island of Gran Canaria on Thursday (August 26).
One migrant was taken to a local hospital in a helicopter in serious conditions.
Emergency staff attended dozens lying on the ground visible exhausted.
The dinghy which was intercepted 6 miles south of the island of Gran Canaria was carrying babies among men and women.
So far this year more than 8272 migrants have made the dangerous crossing from the West Africa coast to the Canaries archipelago, over twice as many as in the same period in 2020, which itself saw an eightfold increase from 2019.
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