A total of 102 immigrants have been intercepted this Monday as they approached the coast or after disembarking from seven boats in Ibiza and Formentera. If the boats that reached Cabrera, south of Mallorca, are counted, the record amounts to 129 people. As reported by the Government Delegation in the Balearic Islands, the first group of 18 immigrants, has been located on Monday at 2.00 am in Formentera, once on land, in the area d’ Estufador. The second group, composed of 19 people, has been rescued at 4.05 am by Salvamento Marítimo 30 miles south of the pitiusa menor. At around 5.30 a.m. another 10 immigrants were arrested on the island of Ibiza, on the road to sa Caleta, in an intervention by the Guardia Civil of Sant Josep. At 9.15 a.m., Salvamento Marítimo and the Guardia Civil rescued 27 Maghrebi immigrants to the northwest of the island of Cabrera, south of Mallorca, and the fifth interception of the day took place again on land, in the area of Camí de S’Estufador in Formentera, where 12 immigrants were found. In addition, a group of 12 people went to the Ibiza police station at 10:00 am. These immigrants have been left in charge of the Local Police and the National Police of Ibiza.
At around 19.00 hours, the Guardia Civil and the Local Police of Sant Josep have intercepted another 10 people who would have arrived in another skiff in the area of Es Cubells, in Ibiza. The seventh skiff of the day in the Balearic Islands has been located 45 miles south of Formentera, with a total of 21 occupants. In all cases the Government Delegation in the islands has reported that the immigrants are apparently in good health. With the seven pateras intercepted this Monday, so far this year at least 4,851 immigrants have arrived to the Balearic archipelago in 292 pateras, according to EFE’s count. Last year, 128 boats with a total of 2,278 immigrants reached the islands.
