This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Spain
Spanish maritime rescue teams are continuing their efforts to search, this Saturday morning, for seven Moroccan migrants missing, after their boat sank last Thursday near the coast of Adra in the province of Almeria, five nautical miles away.
The accident resulted in the deaths of two people and the rescue of two others, while searches are still ongoing for the remaining passengers, who survivors confirmed were 11 people on board the boat.
The migrants had left from areas near Nador on November 26 and their boat collided with a speedboat on November 27 around eight in the evening, causing serious damage and sinking the boat.
Search operations stopped yesterday evening, Friday, at sunset due to poor visibility, but resumed this morning with the help of a plane from the European Agency Frontex and a “Helmer 205” helicopter. » maritime rescue services.
Teams confirmed that bad weather and poor visibility pose a major challenge to search efforts.
