Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb are continuing to reach the Canary Islands, where Monday evening (February 5) some 400 people were rescued.
Traveling upon six boats, three rubber dinghies and four wooden sailing vessels, the migrants were rescued off the islands of Fuerteventura, El Hierro and Lanzarote, the maritime rescue and 112 emergency services said.
The migrants included 58 unaccompanied minors and at least 15 women, including two who were pregnant and transferred to hospital upon arrival.
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Arrivals in Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, El Hierro
Shortly before 8 p.m. on February 5, some 53 people rescued from a wooden boat off the island were taken to the port of Fuerteventura, rescue services said.
Around the same time, 113 people of sub-Saharan origin disembarked in Lanzarote after being rescued from two rubber dinghies carrying 58 and 55 passengers respectively.
Once they landed on the pier of Arrecife, the migrants -- including 10 minors -- were assisted by Red Cross volunteers, who transferred two pregnant women to hospital.
An additional 221 sub-Saharan migrants -- including 15 minors -- rescued by the Guardia Civil's maritime service landed at dawn on the island of El Hierro. It is the smallest island of the archipelago and is currently hosting more migrants than its 9,000 local residents.
A third wooden boat carrying 35 people, also of sub-Saharan origin, reached El Hierro at 6:30 a.m.
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Nearly 1,000 migrant landings in 48 hours over weekend
Migrant landings on the Canary Islands are constant and peak on the weekends.
Between the Friday and Sunday night (February 2-4), nearly 1,000 people were rescued, according to local emergency services.
As occurred often over the past few months, the main point of landing was El Hierro.
The other arrivals were reported on Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and La Gomera.
Already in January the pace of landings to the Canary Islands was particularly intense, with over 7,200 people assisted by the hosting system, local authorities said.
In the first four days of February, an additional 1,850 people reached the archipelago. Meanwhile migrant landings were also recorded on the Balearic Islands, according to local authorities.