At least 135 migrants in eight boats have arrived on Tuesday in the Balearic Islands area in a new wave of boats. new wave of small boats. More than half of them were focused on Formentera and Ibiza. This noon two other pateras have been detected almost simultaneously in Formentera. According to the Government Delegation, at 12 o’clock, a total of 14 people of North African origin, in apparent good health, were intercepted in the area of S’ Estufador de Formentera. There, the skipper of the boat was arrested, with the intervention of a Civil Guard helicopter, the Provincial Maritime Service, the Citizen Security Unit of the Command (USECIC) and the Civil Guard of the Formentera Post. 25 minutes later another 14 people of the same origin were intercepted one mile south of Formentera. These 28 immigrants are added to the 32 detected during the early morning and Tuesday morning in the vicinity of Formentera. While in Santa Eulària 13 people were intercepted on the coastline in Cala Olivera.
In total, 135 immigrants have arrived in the Balearic Islands -between Ibiza, Formentera, Cabrera and Mallorca- in eight different boats.