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Date Published: 03/06/2021
ARCHIVED - Two boatloads of irregular migrants intercepted off coasts of Cadiz and Granada
In both cases irregular migrants were intercepted off the Andalucia coastline
As the flow of irregular migrants trying to make their way to Spain from North Africa continues, police have intercepted 16 people aboard a boat off the coast of Cadiz and a further 15 on the Granada coastline.
The first incident took place at around 3.10 pm on Wednesday, June 2, after officers from Marine Rescue intercepted the migrant boat before taking those on board to Cadiz port.
One of the migrants was reportedly injured and received medical treatment on board the Marine Rescue boat.
At Cadiz port, the irregular migrants were met by the National Police and will now be taken to the Temporary Attention Centre for Foreigners in San Roque, where they will receive medical assistance from the Red Cross and be given PCR tests.
In the second incident, 15 males, all Moroccans, were intercepted in the mar de Alborán at 07.34 on Thursday morning and taken to Motríl port in Granada.
After being checked by the Cruz Roja, the migrants were handed over to the Scientific Police Brigade and the Foreigners and Border Brigade to be processed for trying to enter Spain illegally by sea.
Attempts will be made to deport all of the migrants, as in the majority of cases, those arriving in this fashion are economic migrants seeking work in Spain.
However, illegal migrants are unable to work legally in Spain, leading to an increase in the number of migrant camps appearing across the region as the "sin papeles" or "those with no papers" attempt to find work illegally in the agricultural sector, living in makeshift shanty camps.
Migrants there live in often cramped and dangerous conditions and there have been three fires within the last two weeks, all of them believed to have been started deliberately; last month a fire at one camp destroyed around 100 homes in Almeria.
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