A boat carrying at
least 37 refugees, amongst them five dead, including two babies, was
rescued this afternoon off the coast of Motril (Granada) by the
Martitime Rescue Services and the Guardia Civil.
[thinkspain.com] The boat was spotted around 4pm about 43 nautical miles to the south
of Motril by a Maritime Rescue aircraft doing a routine patrol of the
area.
When the rescue services arrived they found the boat practically
underwater and it quickly capsized when one of the occupants stood up in the excitement of being rescued. This resulted in the
drowning of the two babies, along with three adults – two men and a
woman – who got trapped beneath the boat and were unable to swim out
from under it.
A member of the rescue team managed to save the life of a baby barely
a year old who fell into the water and an adult who almost drowned.
Two of the refugees, a man and his baby, who was in severe shock,
were transferred by helicopter to a hospital in Almería.
The
remaining survivors were taken to the port of Motril where they are
being tended to by volunteers from the Red Cross.
Four of them, including a baby about a year old, were then taken to
hospital.
All of the refugees were from the Sub-Sahara, except
one who was from the Maghreb.
Source: http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/18298/two-babies-dead-in-refugee-boat-rescue-drama
