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Date Published: 06/09/2021
ARCHIVED - 155 illegal migrants reach Murcia this weekend and one corpse recovered
A total of 13 boats were intercepted off the Murcian coastline
The endless drip-drip of illegal immigrants entering Spain via sea continued over the weekend, calm weather conditions enabling immigrants to travel across the sea to not only Murcia, but also the neighbouring provinces of Alicante and Almería as well.
This weekend there were 13 separate boatloads of illegal immigrants intercepted off the Murcian coastline, most of them arriving between Friday and Saturday, with a total of 155 individuals on board.
Seven vessels were detected on Friday and six on Saturday.
In most cases the boats were detected whilst still out at sea, but in one instance the boats had already landed and the Guardia Civíl found the 13 men on land.
Most of the boats were in Cartagena waters; one was found in Portmán, La Unión; and two were found in Mazarrón, one of them in Bolnuevo.
All of the individuals detected were given a thorough medical check-up and Covid test; there were no reports of infirmity and all are believed to be Algerians.
As is the normal protocol, the migrants were all transferred to the Escombreras docks where Cruz Roja offer medical assistance, following which they are either quarantined or moved to a migrant transit centre where attempts are made to repatriate them to their country of origin.
Corpse found floating out at sea:
The crew of the Maritime Rescue vessel “Mimosa” found a corpse in an advanced state of decomposition floating in the water approximately a mile off the coast, opposite to the Negrete beach in Cartagena. Upon arrival at the port, the forensic guard and funeral services carried out an external examination of the corpse, which was in an advanced state of decomposition, following which the body was transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine of Cartagena for an autopsy.
These bodies are very often never claimed or identified, although it is known that migrant vessels do sink from time to time when crossing from Africa to Spain.
The latest figures published in July indicated that more than 2,000 migrants have gone missing or are known to have perished in 2021 to date whilst attempting to illegally enter Spain by sea.
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