A pregnant woman who was traveling in a pneumatic along with 52 other migrants dies in Lanzarote

A pregnant woman died this Tuesday when she was traveling with 52 other people of sub-Saharan origin in an inflatable boat in waters near the island of Lanzarote, according to sources from Maritime Rescue.

The events took place early in the day when the fishing boat Mar Azul notified the Las Palmas rescue center of the presence of a precarious boat half a mile from the Los Cocoteros area..

Then the Al Nair salvamar was activated, which intercepted the migrants around 10:00 am and rescued 52 people, including 42 men, seven women and three minors; besides the lifeless body of the woman. Once the rescue was completed, the Maritime Rescue resource headed for the La Cebolla Dock, in Arrecife, where it arrived at around 11:15 a.m..

Meanwhile, the Emergency and Security Coordinating Center (Cecoes) 112 Canarias, has explained that once on land, the migrants were assisted by the usual health device in these cases, all being in apparent good health although it was necessary to transfer one of them to the Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital for minor pathologies.