Date Published: 22/09/2021
ARCHIVED - Eight bodies wash up on Almeria coast in 72 hours
The deceased are believed to be immigrants who died trying to reach Andalucía
Andalucía authorities have confirmed that eight cadavers have washed up on Almería’s beaches since Sunday September 19, including one child, and police believe that the deceased could have been aboard an immigrant boat.
On Sunday morning, the body of a man aged between 40 and 45 was found on Playa de los Muertos in Carboneras, and the following day, at around 6pm on Monday, a member of the public spotted a lifeless body floating in the water off Garrucha coast.
Later on, at 11.20pm, another member of the public contacted the police after seeing the body of a “small boy” on the beach in Vera and the police also found a female corpse just 200 metres away, along with another deceased adult on a nearby beach.
At 10.25am on Tuesday September 21, another cadaver appeared in Carboneras, this time on Playa de El Algarrobico. Later on that same morning, two women were found dead in Mojácar, on Playa Mecenas and Playa del Indalo.
Due to the proximity of the bodies, which all washed up on a 50km stretch of coastline in the province of Almería, and the short time frame in which they were found, the Guardia Civil believe that the deceased could have been aboard an immigrant boat which capsized, although they haven’t ruled out more than one migrant ship.
These recent findings are further proof of the immigration and humanitarian problem along the Spanish coast, as immigrants continue to risk their lives trying to reach Spain, with many of them attempting the dangerous crossing in rubber dinghies or unseaworthy boats.
The Cruz Roja (Red Cross) had to rescue over 376 migrants from 31 different boats last weekend, with an almost constant flow of migrant boats arriving in Alicante, on the Costa Cálida (Cabo de Palos and Águilas), the Costa del Sol, the Balearic Islands and other Spanish coastal areas.
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