Three African stowaways who were pictured perching on a ship’s rudder at the end of their 11-day journey from Nigeria to the Canary Islands are seeking asylum in Spain, officials said Wednesday.
who were pictured perching on a ship’s rudder at the end of their 11-day journey from Nigeria to the Canary Islands are seeking asylum in Spain, officials said Wednesday.
“The conditions of the journey are already an indication that something very serious may be behind it because the photos are incredible,” Walking Borders chief Helena Maleno“These people have to be in a state of shock. They need a couple of days to recover and from there they can explain what they were running from to have made that decision,” Maleno added.
However, a spokesperson for the Spanish delegation in the Canaries said the ship was free to leave without the men since they had requested to stay.The Nigerian stowaways were taken from the oil tanker Alithini II.Maleno insisted the men should have been informed of their right to request political asylum and should have been questioned before being returned to the ship.
The Spanish-owned islands are a popular but dangerous gateway for African migrants trying to reach Europe.
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