Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-16 23:47:15|Editor: yanVideo Player CloseMADRID, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish Maritime Rescue Service Wednesday saved 339 immigrants from rubber dinghies in which they were attempting to cross the Straits of Gibraltar that separates North Africa from the south of Spain. Thirty-nine people rescued on the first dinghy were described as men from the Maghreb region in good health. The second rescue happened at around sunrise when a dinghy with 66 immigrants, including a woman and six children on board, was found. A third dinghy had 34 people on board, including 11 women, two children and a baby. All of the migrants rescued were taken to Tarifa.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 16, 2017 16:05 UTC