(Reuters) About 80 African migrants packed aboard two fishing boats landed on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Tuesday, adding to the hundreds of new arrivals now stuck there while the coronavirus lockdown prevents transfers to the mainland.
The first boat docked at the port of Arguineguin with about 50 people aboard, 23 of whom are believed to be children.
“They arrived in good health, although a little dehydrated,” said Gerardo Santana, head of the Red Cross on Gran Canaria.
A 16-year-old was taken to hospital with vomiting and nausea.
A second vessel carrying 30 men, a woman and four children landed on the rocky coast of San Bartolome de Tirajana, where medics took temperatures and handed out blankets and masks.
