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Date Published: 12/02/2020

ARCHIVED - Merchant vessel picks up 14 African migrants off Cabo Tiñoso

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The interception took place on Tuesday morning 30 miles from the Costa Cálida

14 African migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean into southern Spain were picked up on Tuesday morning by a merchant vessel 30 miles south of Cabo Tiñoso (the headland at the eastern end of the bay of Mazarrón) and taken ashore to the port of Cartagena on board a maritime rescue boat based in Garrucha in the province of Almería.

Those rescued or intercepted were 11 men and 3 women, and before being handed over to the authorities for repatriation procedures to begin they were all found to be in good health by Cruz Roja volunteers in Cartagena.

Image: Cabo Tiñoso

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