MADRID, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Maritime Rescue Services have saved a total of 138 immigrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to in the previous 24 hours.
The Maritime Service tweeted on Friday that Thursday had been a "very intense day," which began with the rescue of 38 adults and a child by the rescue vessel "Guardamar Polimina" from two dinghies located 62 nautical miles southeast of Cabo de Gata, close to the city of Almeria.
Shortly afterwards the Salvamar Mimosa, which is based in the port of Cartagena, on the southeast coast of Spain, rescued a further ten immigrants, while a Civil Guard vessel saved a further 23 people who were travelling in two different dinghies.
Later in the evening, 55 more immigrants were taken off a single dinghy which was located 15 nautical miles south of Rincon the la Victoria, which is slightly to the east of Malaga by the rescue vessel Salvamar Alnitak.
These 55 immigrants were taken to port in Malaga before the day ended with the Guardamar Polimina saving a further 11 immigrants from a dinghy 17 nautical miles southeast of the Spanish coast and taking them to Almeria.
The continued high-pressure weather system over Spain and north Africa means the area is in the middle of an extended spell of warm and calm weather, which presents an opportunity to make the dangerous sea crossing before conditions deteriorate with the onset of autumn and winter.
