On the same day, members of the Royal Armed Forces in charge of coastal surveillance aborted two attempts at irregular migration south-west of Tan-Tan, involving 77 sub-Saharans, 02 Asians and 02 Moroccans, according to a press release from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces.

All 133 candidates, who had intended to reach the Canary Islands, were given first aid treatment before being handed over to the Royal Gendarmerie for the usual administrative procedures, the same source added.