Dakhla: Royal Navy assists 68 Sub-Saharan candidates for irregular migration

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Two units of the Royal Navy intercepted, on Sunday during a sea assistance mission, 16 km southwest of Dakhla, a pirogue with 68 candidates for irregular migration on board, including two corpses, all of sub-Saharan origin.

The rescued persons, who are said to have set sail on August 5 and were planning to reach the Canary Islands, were taken to the port of Dakhla and entrusted to the Royal Gendarmerie for the usual administrative procedures after receiving the necessary care, indicates a press release from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces.

The mortal remains were transferred to the morgue of the Hassan II hospital in Dakhla by elements of Civil Protection, added the same source.