Morocco's Royal Navy Assists 57 Irregular Migrants Off Dakhla

Morocco's Royal Navy Assists 57  Irregular Migrants Off Dakhla
AFP
Monday 25 December 2023 - 09:32

A Royal Navy frigate on sea patrol intercepted, on Sunday, a pirogue southwest of the town of Dakhla, 70 km from the coast, carrying 57 sub-Saharan would-be migrants, including 04 women in a very advanced state of exhaustion.

The pirogue was bound for the Canary Islands, the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces said in a press release.

The people rescued received the necessary care on board, before being taken to the Dakhla port and handed over to the Royal Gendarmerie for the usual administrative procedures, the statement concluded.

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