Rabat – On August 12, a coastal surveillance unit intercepted a small boat with 130 Senegalese irregular migrants aboard, including one woman, on Dakhla’s coast, southwest of Morocco, military sources indicated.
The vessel set sail from the Fass Boye region, near the city of Thies in Senegal, on its way to the Canary Islands, according to the same source.
The people rescued have been handed over to national security officials for the customary administrative procedures, the source added.
On the same day, about 100 unauthorized immigrants, reportedly of Moroccan descent, tried to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, according to Spanish news agency EFE.
Ten of the migrants made it to the enclave, and eight of them were sent back to Morocco.
Two of the migrants are minors and were granted asylum upon arriving, according to the same news source.
On Thursday, the Moroccan Royal Navy also intercepted an inflatable boat that was in trouble about 100 kilometers north of the western Moroccan town of Tarfaya.
According to official military sources, the rescue operation saved the lives of 67 people, including a woman and three minors, all found aboard.
The Royal Navy team managed to maneuver the troubled boat to safety.
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