The Royal Navy assists 192 candidates for irregular migration

Coastguards of the Royal Navy, operating in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, provided assistance during the night from Monday to Tuesday, to a total of 192 candidates for irregular migration, mostly sub-Saharans, including women and children, a- did we learn from military sources.

These migrants, among whom was a corpse, were in difficulty on board makeshift boats, jet skis and some even ventured swimming, said the same source. Those rescued received first aid on board Royal Navy units before being subsequently transported to the nearest ports in the Kingdom and then handed over to the Royal Gendarmerie for the usual procedures, the source added. military, stressing that the mortal remains were transferred to the morgue of the hospital of Laâyoune.