The Royal Moroccan Navy and coastal surveillance units rescued, on October 25, approximately 290 kilometers south of Dakhla, a pirogue carrying on board 274 potential illegal migrants.
The pirogue carried on board 200 Senegalese, 66 Gambians, three from Guinea-Conakry, two Malians, and one Sierra-Leonean, in addition to two deceased.
According to military sources, the potential illegal migrants had been off the coast of Senegal for six days and were heading towards the Canary Islands.
The same source stressed that the rescued people received the necessary first aid on board before they were turned over to the Royal Gendarmerie for the standard administrative procedures, while the three deceased were handed over to the Civil Protection to be transferred to the morgue of Hassan II Hospital in Dakhla.
Earlier this week, the Royal Moroccan Navy and coastal surveillance units rescued, on October 23, south of Dakhla, in two different operations, two pirogues carrying on board 189 potential irregular migrants from Senegal, including 18 women and 29 minors, as well as three deceased.
The Royal Navy and coastal surveillance units had also previously rescued north-east of the Port of Tan-Tan, approximately 20 km from the coast, an inflatable boat with 59 sub-Saharan migrants on board, as part of a search and rescue mission.