A 25 -year -old man dies after arriving in Patera to the coast of Almeria | Spain
A 25 -year -old has died after reaching the coast of Almería In patera. He had traveled next to about twenty migrants in a boat that reached the Cala de Enmedio, in the municipality of Níjar. The majority fled, but eight people had to be treated both by Red Cross and by 061, which transferred a male to the hospital and confirmed that another had died. He is the second victim of the Almeria immigration route So far this week, after another 30 -year -old man died drowned on Tuesday near the beach of the dead, where he had arrived with 22 other people.
Several witnesses alerted Wednesday, minutes before two in the afternoon, on the arrival of a boat directed by two men to the Enmedio cove, in the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata and very close to the town of Agua Amarga. In the calls they made they reported that the from Barca were jumping about 25 people near the shore, according to sources from 112 Andalusia emergencies. They also explained that among them there was one that seemed to be bad and that several migrants had been attending to him while others fled in the area.
The sanitary services and also several patrol services arrived to the place. Civil Guardwhich intercepted seven men of Maghreb origin, six of whom were made available to the Red Cross for their attention. The social organization found that they were in good condition. 061, on the other hand, after moving a helicopter to the area, took a 20 -year -old male to the hospital. Finally, the health service has reported early this Thursday that another man, about 25 years, had been found dead at the scene of landing.
His death is the second in similar circumstances this week in the same area. Just five kilometers further north, on the beach of the dead, a patera also arrived. It was about 12.30 pm and as reported by those there, about twenty people were traveling there. They also said that one of them was lying on the shore and that someone was trying to revive her. Minutes later, when the Civil Guard arrived, he reported that an ambulance was needed, but the toilets could not save his life. Everything indicates that the man died drowned, although his body was transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine for his autopsy and thus know the exact cause of his death. I was about 30 years old.
The rest of the people traveling in La Patera, 22, were transferred to the Foreigner Temporary Care Center (CATE) Located in the port of Almería. There they were treated by the Red Cross, who reported that 18 of them were Maghreb – five of them, minors – and that there were also four Asians. They also assured that up to 11 had minor injuries.
According to the Human Rights Association of Andalusia (APDHA), just over 4,200 migrants They arrived at the coast of Almería during 2024which means 2,000 less than the previous year. « We continue to find that most people leave Algeria, » they explain in their South Border Report, presented at the beginning of the year.