Madrid: Spanish authorities have released new footage of the rescue of over 100 migrants in the Canary Islands this weekend. Images show members of the Spanish Red Cross helping people, some of them injured, getting to shore.

According to Nam News Network, the Spanish Maritime Rescue Service recovered a dinghy boat carrying 121 people and 4 dead bodies near the isle of El Hierro on Sunday morning. The passengers, all men, were between the ages of 15 and 35. Spanish authorities had received a distress call from the boat, which had stopped around 30 km south of the island after running out of food, water, and fuel.

A rescue vessel and a helicopter were dispatched to the area, and the survivors were transferred to the port of La Restinga. Thirteen of the rescued individuals were taken to the hospital, with one suffering from severe hypothermia. The migrants reported an eight-day journey from Jinack Island in the Gambia, with nationalities stated from Senegal, Mali, the Gambia, and Ivory Coast.

In addition to
this incident, another two migrant boats were rescued during the weekend in the Canary Islands, making a total of 524 people saved and 5 dead since Friday. Over the past decade, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has recorded about 5,000 missing migrant deaths along the Western African-Atlantic route to Spain.