Since midnight last night, the Maritime Rescue Service has rescued 240 people who were on board three small boats, the last of which had 38 people on board.
In the early hours of the morning, the Coastguard rescued the first two small boats: one carrying 91 people, including eleven women and seven children, and another carrying 111 people, including 23 women and eight children, according to Coastguard sources.
In both cases, the people on board the boats were attended to at the port of La Restinga, on El Hierro.
El Hierro: Third cayuco brings 38 more people
A few hours later, a further 38 people were disembarked at the same port; they had been travelling on the third cayuco to reach the coast of El Hierro so far on Tuesday.
The day before, on Monday, six small boats carrying 597 people arrived in El Hierro.
El Pinar buries an unidentified young migrant
Meanwhile, an unidentified young man who died on board a cayuco rescued by the Maritime Rescue Service five days ago, carrying 280 people, has been buried in the municipal cemetery in El Pinar.
The remains of this migrant, a young man, according to sources involved in the funeral arrangements, have been buried under reference number 94-105-11-2026.
The funeral services were attended by local authorities, members of various NGOs and members of the public.
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