Spanish authorities rescue and intercept 80 migrants in Balearic Islands

Spanish authorities rescued or intercepted 80 migrants of Maghrebian origin across the Balearic Islands, a Spanish archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

These actions took place in Formentera, Ibiza, and Mallorca. Authorities located 43 people on land at a road junction near Cala Saona in Formentera early this morning. This follows three separate interventions yesterday in Ibiza, Formentera, and Mallorca, where officials intercepted or rescued another 37 people.

Data from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior shows that 402 boats carrying 7,227 migrants have arrived in the archipelago so far this year. These figures show a 24.5 percent increase in the number of migrants and a nearly 15 percent increase in the number of boats compared to the previous year.