About 160 Algerian irregular migrants were intercepted on the Spanish coast in just 48 hours, according to local authorities in Murcia’s report on Monday, September 6.
The irregular migrants reached Murcia this weekend, aboard 13 boats, according to the Spanish media Murcia Today.
They are of Algerian nationality, including women and minors, according to local authorities.
The irregular migrants who were found in good health were transferred to the port of Cartagena, and then, local authorities of Murcia activated the COVID-19 protocol, imposing on them a check-up of PCR test.
About 700 migrants have reached the Spanish shores this weekend, have been registered in Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Murcia, and the Balearic Islands, including 107 sub-Saharan migrants who have been rescued aboard two boats.
According to Spanish local authorities statistics, 73% of the irregular migrants who arrived in Spain during the first half of this year were Algerians, which is increasing concern to local authorities, speaking of recording “serious humanitarian problems and security constraints.”
In July, 2,217 Algerian irregular migrants arrived on boats to the coasts of Almeria and the Balearics in southern Spain, among those migrants, women, and minors who arrived in Spain aboard 120 boats, 80 of which reached the coast of Almeria and 17 reached the Balearics.
In 2020, a total of 41,000 irregular migrants arrived in Spain, including 11,200 Algerian irregular migrants, according to the Spanish police.
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