The rescuers, according to the authorities, “found no survivors” but some had managed to reach the shore and “leave the beach”
Eight people died when two small boats carrying migrants sank overnight off the coast of San Diego, California, local authorities said.
“This is one of the worst tragedies of human trafficking by sea in California as far as I know,” San Diego emergency services official James Gartland said today, apparently referring to the migration flows between Mexico and the United States.
The eight victims are adults, he added at a press conference, without disclosing their nationalities.
The authorities were notified around 23:30 local time Saturday by a Spanish-speaking person who said 15 people were on one boat and 8 on the other. When they got to the scene, they found “both boats had capsized,” Gartland said.
The rescuers They “did not find any survivors” during the operations, but some had managed to reach the shore and “leave the beach”, he added.
The area where the boats were “is very dangerous, even during the day”, as there are strong currents.
His city San Diego it is very close to the border between Mexico and the USA.
Many migrants cross the region illegally, an issue that has become a political headache for the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden.
The immigrantswho want to escape poverty or violence in their home countries, often take enormous risks to enter US soil.
Source :Skai
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