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article_detailDate Published: 29/06/2020ARCHIVED ARTICLEARCHIVED - Three out of 108 illegal migrants detained off Cartagena coast are Covid positive
108 illegal immigrants detained off the Cartagena coastline
Three have tested positive for Covid-19 so farUpdate: by late afternoon there were four positives and eight quarantined.The Salvamento Marítimo marine rescue services have picked up 108 illegal immigrants from waters off the Murcian coastline and brought them into the port of Cartagena.Illegal migrants attempting to enter Spain via small boats (pateras) are a regular occurrence along the Spanish coastline during the calmer months of the year, although the principal crossing points from the African coastline, principally from Morocco, tend to drive the majority of crossings further up the coast to Andalucía where the crossing distance is shorter.Normally the majority of those attempting the dangerous crossing are male, although there were five women and three minors amongst those in the ten small boats intercepted during the last few hours.Wherever possible boats are picked up out at sea as the Spanish coastguard try to prevent the boats reaching the coastline and their occupants disappearing off into the countryside before they can be detained and attempts made to repatriate them.Only one third to one half of all those who actually reach the Spanish mainland will be returned to their country of origin due principally to the difficulty in confirming where they actually came from.The Spanish authorities work closely with their counterparts in Morocco to try and prevent the would-be migrants from even reaching the Moroccan coast, but it is a difficult task and a considerable amount of money is made by those organising the transport to Spain.Although there has always been a considerable effort made to prevent these migrants reaching Spanish shores, the pressure has increased even more since the beginning of the Covid crisis, as the public is genuinely concerned at the prospect of migrants arriving from Africa and carrying the virus to Spanish coastal areas again.Last week 10 migrants were intercepted on a beach in Águilas after reaching the coast and one of their number was found to be Covid-positive. He is now in the santa Lucía hospital. As a result, 23 police were quarantined and the union representing the Guardia Civíl was highly vocal in its disquiet that members of the Guardia are not being given sufficient protection when called in to handle this type of situation.In this case the migrants were held in Cartagena in the ports of the Santa Lucia port, which is the fishing area, the cruise terminal and the container port, and were held offshore in boats until they could be tested for Covid-19.Due to the probability that one contagious case could arguably have infected all those in the same boat, the new arrivals are being held in separate areas for testing. All are being tested by PCR test, not the rapid tests, but it does take time for the results to come through.Three have been confirmed positive at the moment.There is considerable concern amongst the various police bodies to minimise contact following the incident in Águilas last week; the migrants are rescued at sea by the Benemérita, but once on land the Policia Nacional is the body with specific competence in the area of immigration. They have guarded the migrants on the boats and in the ports and then handle the transfer to police units, and then onto migrant transit centres.Due to the incident in Águilas there is a reluctance to take the migrants directly to a police unit as would normally be the case, due to the number of officers who have been quarantined as a result, so this time all will be tested first and will only be permitted to enter the comisarias once they have tested negative.There is a very high probability that the migrants will be put into a different location for quarantining given the situation with Covid at the moment and that fact that the transit centre in Santomera, where migrants arriving in Murcia are normally sent, is currently closed. The remaining migrants who arrived in Águilas last week are reportedly in a Red Cross installation.Cruz Roja, the Red Cross, carry out basic medical checks on all migrants arriving in Spain.
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