One Fine Day on a Spanish Beach

The flood of illegal migrants arriving in Spain from Morocco continues unabated. Two days ago, a speedboat dropped off some 30 men of Moroccan origin on a beach occupied by shocked sun-bathers. Police and the Civil Guard had to chase them down in the nearby town.

This article in Diario Sur (Spain) is translated by Fousesquawk. The above video is also translated by Fousesquawk. Hat tip to Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes for subtitling.

A speedboat with some 30 Maghrebian migrants arrives on a beach at Nerja

The occupants, 33 Moroccan men, of whom 6 are minors, are in good health after being intercepted by the Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) and local police.

Caption: The moment when the boat drops off the Maghrebian (North African) migrants, including 6 minors.

-Angel Moyano

By Eugenio Cabezas

Thursday, September 19, 2024. Updated September 20, 2024 at 11:59 

A new disembarcation of Maghrebian migrants in Nerja. It was 4:45 pm Thursday when the sun-bathers were surprised by the arrival of a large pneumatic boat, a speed boat with three outboard motors, with some 30 migrants of Maghrebian origin on board.

The occupants, mostly middle-aged men from Morocco, along with 6 minors, jumped into the water a few meters from shore, and the boat took off at high speed. The migrants then began to disperse to the easternmost coastal city of the province. A team of Guardia Civil and local police was deployed to try to locate them.

According to what SUR has been able to confirm, 33 Moroccan men were intercepted, 6 of whom are minors. However, appropriate tests to determine their age are pending. Some of the migrants were arrested after they had run more than 3 kilometers near the Calaceite Beach at Torrox.

At the foot of Calle (street) Chaparil in the center of the easternmost coastal locality of the province, one of the Maghrebian migrants who was stopped explained to this newspaper that they departed early in the morning from the coastal zone of Rif in Morocco.

The man stated that there were 26 young men, all Moroccan. The migrant, who spoke a little Spanish, said that all were in “good health” and were “happy” to arrive in Spain.

The intercepted migrants were transferred to the Guardia Civil post at Nerja, in order to proceed with efforts to repatriate them to the Alawi nation (Morocco), according to what SUR has been able to confirm.  Specifically, from Nerja, they were transferred to the Temporary Care Center for Foreigners (CATE) located at the facilities of the Port of Malaga.

Caption: Some of the Maghrebian migrants intercepted Thursday on Calle Chaparil, Nerja.

-Eugenio Cabezas

Second boat in 20 days

The previous boat with migrants that arrived at Nerja was last August 29, when it reached the beach at El Playazo, a speedboat with some 20 people on board. In the early morning hours, the Guardia Civil arrested two dozen middle-aged men of Maghrebian origin, who also succeeded in reaching the shore. 

In an initial operation, 5 of the migrants were located, and a subsequent search in the zone succeeded in intercepting 15 others, according to what the news agency, Europa Press, reported, citing sources close to the case, who explained that the Integrated System of Exterior Surveillance (SIVE) of the Guardia Civil detected the boat, and officers were deployed to intercept it.

The same sources said that at the beginning of the operation, 5 persons were (detained), and later the location of the other 15 was also found, among whom one was a minor judging by his appearance. The Guardia Civil transferred all these people to CATE, located at the facilities of the Port of Malaga.

The boat, also a speedboat with outboard motors, arrived at the shore of the Nerja beach of El Playazo in the early morning hours. Several neighbors and witnesses alerted the state security forces of its presence although it was already being tracked by Guardia Civil radar. 

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