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Patera with 21 illegal immigrants arrives on Lanzarote

The Guardia Civil yesterday (Sunday, 8th September 2013) detected and intercepted a patera type boat off the coast of Lanzarote

12 illegal immigrants, of which 6 are under-age, have arrived in a patera off the coast of Teguise in Lanzarote.

There has been a decrease of 95% in the arrival of illegal immigrants in ‘pateras’ (small boats carrying illegal immigrants