Definitely 1400 migrants rescued from the sea off the coast of Spain

The Spanish Coast Guard and Rescue Services picked up more than 1,400 seafarers in three days. The largest group tried to reach the south coast of Spain on Friday. That day, 888 people were taken from boats and boats from the Strait of Gibraltar.

Yesterday, another 334 people wanted to cross Africa and for today the counter is near 200. The coastguard say that today about 20 sloops and others [19659002InteriorMinisterFernandoGrande-MarlaskavisitedtheregionyesterdayandpraisedtheworkandeffortsoftheSpanishpoliceandcoastguardHesaidthesituationwasmanageableuptonowbutstressedtheneedforaEuropeansolutiontomigrationproblems

Italy and Greece

In recent weeks, an increasing flow of African migrants has chosen Spain as their destination. Last weekend, about a thousand people were saved from the sea. The number of migrants by boat exceeds the number of people trying to come to Italy and Greece.

This week, the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco was also besieged by Africans who want to go to Spain. Hundreds of people climbed a wall one meter high.

Last year, the number of attempted crossings towards Spain, especially Algeria, was quite sudden. A link was then established with the problems of the Algerian economy due to a sharp decline in oil revenues.