Where are the boat people?

"Fears are growing for the welfare of hundreds of would-be immigrants known to be aboard a rust bucket which last week attempted several times to cross the invisible line that demarcates Canary territorial from international waters. The captain’s clear intention was to disgorge his human cargo in one of the Canary Islands." report Tenerife News.

It seems that we have these boats arriving in the Canary Islands more frequently than ferries, so I do wish Tenerife News dated their news items so that I could distinguish which influx it belonged to, but this one is potentially worrying for other reasons.

The Spanish Armada (yes, that really is the word for Navy) were out in force, "after it was revealed that the Spanish authorities had been advised by British intelligence services that among the illegals on board there were thought to be a number of Islamic terrorists of Pakistani origin." MI-5 had been closely monitoring the boat.

Where are the boat people?

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