Rescued by the coast guard on Wednesday January 8, the newborn and his mother were transferred by helicopter to Arrecife, on the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary archipelago.
A baby born in a migrant boat in the middle of an Atlantic crossing to the Canary Islands was rescued safe and sound with his mother by the Spanish authorities, the coast guard service said on Wednesday, January 8. , Salvamento Marítimo.
“Christmas ends in the Canaries with the rescue of a baby born in the middle of a sea crossing,” Salvamento Marítimo wrote on the social network X about the events that took place on Monday and were made public on Wednesday.
One of the coast guard boats “rescued a mother who had given birth to her baby on board the inflatable boat in which she was traveling with a large group of people” and both were transported by helicopter to Arrecife, on the the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, the institution said.
-A similar event in 2020
The boat’s captain had already experienced a similar situation in 2020, when he rescued “the occupants of a skiff in which a woman had also just given birth”, added Salvamento Marítimo.
The Canary Islands, located off the northwest coast of Africa, are the main gateway for migrants to Spain, via a route that has gained popularity in recent years despite its danger due to strong currents and fragile rubber boats with which migrants take to the sea with little water and food.
In 2024, 46,843 migrants entered Spain irregularly via the Canary Islands, surpassing the previous record set the previous year.
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