Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued three stowaways found on a ship's rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria.
The Associated PressIn this photo released by Spain's Maritime Safety and Rescue Society on Tuesday, three men are photographed on an oil tanker anchored in the port of the Canary Islands, Spain.The men, found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port, appeared to have symptoms of dehydration and hypothermia and were transferred to hospitals on the island for medical attention, Spain's Salvamento Maritimo said.
According to the MarineTraffic website that tracks ships, the Malta-flagged vessel left Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 17 and arrived in Las Palmas on Monday after an 11-day journey. The distance is roughly 3,000 kilometres.Though extremely dangerous, it is not the first time stowaways have been found risking their lives to reach Spain's Canary Islands off northwest Africa in this way.
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