Rabat – In two separate operations, Moroccan Royal Navy units and coastal surveillance units assisted on Monday two makeshift boats in distress south of Dakhla, according to military sources.
The boats carried 189 Senegalese would-be illegal migrants, including 18 women, 29 minors, as well as 3 corpses, as part of a search and rescue operation.
The two pirogues, which set sail from the Senegalese coast on October 2 and 17, were bound for the Canary Islands.
The rescued were given the necessary care before being handed over to the Gendarmerie Royale for the usual administrative procedures.
As for the three bodies, they were handed over to Civil Protection for transfer to the morgue of the Hassan II Hospital in Dakhla.
On October 16, 46 Sub-Saharan migrants were aboard a pirogue when a Moroccan Royal Navy high-sea patrol boat rushed to their help.
The pirogue had taken its way from the Senegalese coast to reach the Canary Islands three days beforehand.
After a 215-kilometer sail, the migrants, including 44 Senegalese, and two Guineans were rescued southwest of Dakhla.
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