Fifteen people rescued from a boat adrift 34 miles east of Alicante

On Tuesday, a boat belonging to Salvamento Marítimo managed to rescue a group of fifteen individuals who were adrift in a boat, approximately 34 miles east of the coast of Alicante, according to sources from the entity..

According to preliminary information provided by Salvamento Marítimo, all the rescued migrants are adult males and of North African origin..

The rescue was carried out by the Salvamar Leo boat at 10:14 a.m., after receiving an alert from a fishing boat that had sighted a precarious fiber boat at a point in the sea located between the coasts of Benidorm and Alicante..

The fishing boat alerted the emergency services 112 and Maritime Rescue of the situation.. A merchant ship that was near the place where the boat was, remained in the area until the arrival of the Salvamar Leo, watching over the boat.. This collaboration was appreciated by Salvamento Marítimo.

Currently, the Maritime Rescue vessel is towing the boat to the port of the Alicante capital. Once there, the Red Cross will provide assistance to migrants. The emergency operation was coordinated by controllers from the Valencia Maritime Rescue Center.