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More than 1,200 migrants attempting this perilous voyage were rescued by the Spanish Coast Guard on Friday and Saturday
After the Balkans, the crossing between the Libyan and Italian coasts, the Strait of Gibraltar, between Morocco and Spain, will it become a new route for migrants who are trying to reach Europe? It is there, in any case, that the Spanish rescue announced to have recovered, Sunday, July 29, 211 migrants traveling on 21 boats. According to a spokesman for the rescue service at sea, migrants will be transported to the port of Algeciras, Andalusia, in southern Spain.
More than 1,200 people attempting this perilous journey had already been rescued by the Spanish Coast Guard Friday and Saturday. Spain has become this year the first gateway for illegal migrants in Europe, surpbading Italy.
Sunday, the Spanish interior minister was on his way to Mauritania in hopes of strengthening the fight against illegal immigration. Fernando Grande-Marlaska is scheduled to meet his Mauritanian counterpart in Nouakchott, the capital of the West African country, in a statement
In a statement, the ministry said it hoped the meeting would " cooperation in the field of immigration and the fight against terrorism ".
In 2018, 304 dead in the crossing between Morocco and Spain
During a visit of the port of Algeciras to observe the the work of the police and the Red Cross, the minister of the Government of the Socialist Pedro Sanchez asked Saturday "a European solution to the problem of immigration" . He added that the government planned to open a shelter for 600 people in this Andalusian port, evoking a work "against the clock" .
The decision of Italy to close its ports to migrants, criticized by Madrid, pushes more migrants to travel to Spain from Algeria or Morocco. More than 20,992 migrants have reached Spanish shores since the beginning of the year and 304 died trying to cross, according to a count of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) dated July 25.
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