Maritime Rescue personnel have rescued this Thursday two boats with 14 and 15 people on board 50 and 33 miles off the coast of Alicante, respectively, after the one that arrived in the area on Wednesday.

According to the Red Cross, the first boat is in the port of Alicante after being rescued by the Salvamar Leo de Salvamento Marítimo ship at about 50 miles around 6:30 a.m. The 14 people are being attended from nine in the morning.

Shortly after another boat was rescued with 15 people on board, 14 men and one woman. A fishing boat has located this vessel 33 miles from Cabo de la Nao, after which the occupants are transferred to Alicante to be treated, sources from the entity report.

This is the second and third boat to reach the Alicante coast in 24 hours after the one that was rescued this Wednesday with 13 people on board, all men and one of them a minor, between Altea and Calp.

Two other boats arrived in the Valencian Community between last Saturday and Sunday morning: one to Xàbia with about ten people and another to Vila Joiosa, among whose occupants were three women, three children and two babies.