The Royal Moroccan Navy rescued 63 migrants on Tuesday, including 15 women and three children after their ship began to sink while trying to reach the Canary Islands, said the NGO Alarm Phone on Twitter.
The NGO provides a telephone line emergency aid for migrants in difficulty at sea.
?! 63 people at risk off #Morocco!
We were alerted to a boat with 63 people on board, including many women and children. They left from #Akhfenir in Morocco. Authorities are informed of their urgent distress close to the Moroccan coast. Act now! Don’t let them drown!!! pic.twitter.com/l2PPnS7aey
— Alarm Phone (@alarm_phone) February 1, 2022
The NGO added those migrants departed from Akhfenir, near Laayoune, in destination to the Canary Islands.
The security services and local authorities have intensified control operations in the region of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra in recent months, which led to the arrest of hundreds of migrants as well as the rescue of several boats adrift.
Earlier in January, Royal Navy coastguards in the South Atlantic assisted 177 irregular migrants from Sub-Saharan countries, including 52 women and 20 children, who were on board makeshift inflatable boats.
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