A total of two boats were rescued at El Hierro 260 immigrants There were 57 minors on board the ship, and they were located and assisted within just one hour as they were sailing in the waters near the island.
According to the first data, I … Kayoko was located when he was 1.8 km off the coast of El Hierro with 104 people on board, more than 30 of whom were minors.
Soon after, a second boat was found, initially containing 156 people, including 22 minors.
They were assisted by the health service of the Emergency and Primary Care Service and the Red Cross of the Canary Islands at La Restinga pier. Four of them needed to be transferred to hospital due to various diseases.
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