More than 650 migrants aboard four canoes came ashore on the Spanish island of El Hierro on Sunday.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that Spanish media carried the information.
A boat carrying 215 migrants, including 10 women and four minors, was spotted first. The coast guard later sighted another boat with 80 people on board about two kilometers from La Restinga.
The vessel Salvamar Acrux then rescued 106 more people from another sinking boat, including two women and four minors.
A final group of 258 people came ashore at La Estaca port in Valverde. One of them was hospitalized.
More than 1,300 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands over two days.
