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Ten boats with 71immigrants in less than 24 hours The Guardia Civil has detained immigrants that arrived in Orihuela Costa, Torrevieja, Guardamar, LaVila, Benidorm, Calp and Alicante.
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he tenth boat was discovered about three o'clock on Thursday afternoon in the Marina Alta and eight people were arrested. The Alicante coast has registered an avalanche of ten boats which have reached the local coastline in less than 24 hours. Seventy-one immigrants were detained, including 16 minors, although the Guardia Civil is looking for more people, as some were able to disembark without being caught. In response the Cruz Roja mobilised 31 people to offer assistance to the immigrants. In addition to the two boats with 20 immigrants intercepted on Thursday in La
Vila and in Torrevieja, there were another eight boats. Two of these arrived at Cabo Roig, where the Guardia Civil intercepted a total of 21 immigrants and the notice of the landing came around six thirty in the morning. The boats, equipped with outboard motors of 40 CV arrived just at the point where the antenna is located for the Guardia Civil. At least five of the migrants on board declared they were underage (between 15 and 17 years old) and were taken to the Torrevieja barracks, where Cruz Roja volunteers attended to them. A boat with fifteen immigrants arrived the day before off the coast of Calpe. The Civil Guard and the Local Police arrested eight of them, who were treated at the Calpino barracks. Two fled up the slope of the Penyal d'Ifac but were arrested in the Aula de la Natura. Two more boats came in to an area of the coast between Guardamar and
Torrevieja, where the Guardia Civil was deployed to find the occupants and managed to stop at least ten. Likewise, two empty boats appeared in La Vila and Sierra Helada in Benidorm. The latter was towed by a fishing boat to Altea and after its discovery, six people were arrested and transferred to the Police Station of Benidorm. The tenth boat was discovered about three in the afternoon in Calpe and eight other people were subsequently arrested. Red Cross sources have reported that in total they assisted 71 people. Mireille Toddington
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