Eight young migrants, probably Moroccans and aged "between 16 and 20 years old", hit the coast. aboard a boat, this morning on the beach of Monte Gordo, in Vila Real de Santo António, and were detained by the authorities.
Second revealed to Sul Informação, Commander Fernando Pacheco, responsible for the Southern Maritime Zone, the alert “was given around 10:30 am by people who saw eight men in the dunes and an abandoned vessel in the surf zone”.
The boys tried to flee towards the forest there, but ended up being caught “together and without offering any resistance” by elements of the GNR, who helped the Maritime Police in this operation.
“They have no documents and claim to be Moroccans and aged between 16 and 20 years. They said that they left El-Jadida five days ago [the former Portuguese Mazagão, about 700 kilometers from the Algarve, by sea] and that they intended to disembark in Spain. In fact, there has been a Levant and it could have happened that they were diverted here», he said.
Commander Fernando Pacheco also revealed that the migrants “traveled in a small vessel, measuring just 7 meters, with an outboard engine. They had a second engine of reserve and diverse jerricans with fuel».
When they were found, "they were cold and hungry" but had no health problems.
At the moment, the eight young people are being interrogated at the VRSA Maritime Police post. The Foreigners and Borders Service and the Public Prosecutor's Office have also been called to the process.
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