Nigerian Stowaways Successfully Rescued After 11-day Trip To Spain Faces Deportation

Nigerian Stowaways Successfully Rescued After An 11-day Trip To Spain Encounter Deportation

Three migrants from Nigeria were rescued in the Canary Islands in Spain, following an 11-day trip from Nigeria crouched on a fuel tanker’s rudder, have been successfully saved.

A spokesman associated with Spanish Police said that they should be returned home following stowaway laws.

In a photo published on Twitter by the Spanish coast guard, the stowaways were seen crouching on the rudder below the hull, above the waterline of the 183-meter Alithini II.

The vessel was sailing with a Maltese flag....

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