Four people have been rescued off the coast of Brazil after they were found to have smuggled aboard a cargo ship that left Nigeria and spent 13 days at sea hiding in a cavity between the hull and the rudder, Brazilian authorities said.
Four people have been rescued off the coast of Brazil after they were found to have smuggled aboard a cargo ship that left Nigeria and spent 13 days at sea hiding in a cavity between the hull and the rudder, Brazilian authorities said.
“Four irregular migrants were in a compartment on the helm” of the cargo ship, federal police said in a press release about the rescue operation carried out on Monday near the coast of the state of Espiritu Santo (southeast).
Footage released by federal police shows the men sitting in the wheelhouse, between the hull and the rudder. This particular part of the ship is very often under water, it is extremely dangerous to attempt to travel like this for two weeks in the Atlantic.
“They were located by crew members” of the Liberian-flagged vessel, which “set sail from Lagos on June 27,” the statement said.
An AFP source in Brazilian police said on Tuesday that all four were “in good health” and “well fed”. “They remain under the responsibility of the Maritime Safety Authority (Agência MarÃtima) until they are returned to their country of origin,” the Brazilian federal police said in a statement.
A similar incident was recorded in November 2022, when three irregular migrants from Lagos arrived in the Canary Islands (Spain) after an 11-day journey hidden on the helm of a cargo ship.
Source :Skai
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