Security services in Laayoune Sakia El Hamra stopped two migration attempts into the Canary Islands.
A boat carrying 55 Moroccan migrants was stopped in the Agrifia community, 110 kilometers south of Boujdour city, while another 50 sub-Saharan migrants were stopped in the Foum El Oued commune in Laayoune, according to local authorities.
According to the same source, the migrants were found, on Wednesday, in safe conditions.
In the past week, four irregular migration attempts were thwarted in Tarfaya province, and 43 people were arrested.
Last Wednesday, security services in Tarfaya stopped three migrant boats carrying 93 migrants attempting to reach the Canary Islands from beaches in Tarfaya provinces, a coastal town south of Morocco.
Recently, rescue missions have intensified in the Laayoune Sakia El Hamra region in order to combat irregular migration networks and human trafficking.
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said at least 250 migrants died on the long and treacherous Canary Islands route in the first six months of 2021, with arrivals increasing by 156% compared to the same period last year.
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