The Moroccan Navy rescues 56 illegal immigrants

The official Moroccan news agency MAP announced the news on Monday and added that A Moroccan navy patrol vessel intercepted the boat on Sunday during a rescue operation near the port of Tan-Tan. The news agency has quoted a Moroccan army officer confirming the news although he did not want to be named and adding that the rescued people include 55 citizens of sub-Saharan African countries and one is a Cuban citizen. They were on their way to the Canary Islands in Spain. Efforts to prevent illegal immigration He also said: After receiving the necessary services, the rescued migrants have been handed over to the "Royal Gendarmerie", a special force of the Kingdom of Morocco in the port of Tan-Tan for the usual administrative procedures. The media that reported the news added that, the action follows another similar operation carried out by the Royal Moroccan Navy which led to the rescue of 47 migrants, citizens of sub-Saharan African countries near the city of Dakhla. The statement added that the operations are part of a series of rescue efforts carried out by the Moroccan Navy, including the rescue at different times of 62 and 274 migrants near the city of Dakhla, as well as the rescue of 189 Senegalese migrants.