Royal Navy rescues 196 migrants off Dakhla

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A Royal Navy patrol boat intercepted, approximately 157 km northwest of the city of Dakhla, a canoe in difficulty with on board 196 sub-Saharan candidates for irregular migration, including a corpse, who were planning to reach the Canary Islands.

The rescued persons received first aid on board, before being brought back safe and sound to the port of Dakhla and entrusted to the Royal Gendarmerie for the usual administrative procedures, 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.