20 missing on boat from Algeria to Balearic Islands

Twenty people are missing on a boat that left Boumerdés in Algeria for the Balearic Islands, Alarm Phone says. The boat set off on Monday, 26 October, and the group reported the people missing on Thursday, 29 October. Alarm Phone says Spain’s maritime rescue service, Salvamento Marítimo, has been alerted.

A recent report by the International Organization for Migration identifies Boumerdés as one of the places where boats depart for the islands. Alarm Phone says it hopes the 20 people are found safe.

Since Monday, 258 people aboard 16 boats have reached the coasts of Mallorca, Eivissa and Formentera, according to the Spanish government’s delegation in the Balearic Islands. The information does not establish whether any of those arrivals is connected to the missing boat.

Topics: Sea rescue · Migration

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com