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- A cayuco carrying 55 adult men arrived at the port of La Restinga on El Hierro on Monday.
- The coastguard spotted the boat 16.8 kilometres south of the village and escorted it into the harbour at 10.50 am.
- The passengers were from Senegal and Mali and, according to their own accounts, had been travelling for eight days.
A cayuco carrying 55 men of sub-Saharan origin, all adults, arrived on Monday at the port of La Restinga, on El Hierro, after being spotted by the Maritime Rescue Service 16.8 kilometres south of the town.
The Salvamar Navia vessel located the cayuco and escorted it to the port of La Restinga, where it arrived at 10.50 (Canary Islands time).
The 55 people on board were reportedly in good health, according to information provided to EFE by the Maritime Rescue Service.
According to the migrants‘ own accounts, they had undertaken an eight-day journey from Senegal, the country, along with Mali, from which the occupants of the makeshift boat originated.
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