Netherlands coast guard rescues 38 people adrift in a rubber boat
Two people were detained on suspicion of people smuggling after the rescue, and officials are investigating the passengers’ nationalities and migration status.
- Early Saturday, the Marechaussee military police and Netherlands coast guard rescued 38 people from a motorless rubber boat drifting near Breskens, Zeeland, 250 kilometers south of Amsterdam.
- Marechaussee spokesperson Doron Wallin stated no passengers wore life vests, and authorities detained two individuals on suspicion of people smuggling while the group's origins remain unknown.
- In contrast to the English Channel, where tens of thousands have crossed from France to the United Kingdom in recent years, discovering migrant boats off the Dutch coast is highly unusual.
- Following the rescue, officials transported the group to land for hypothermia checks and then relocated them to a secure location while investigating their nationalities and migration status.
- Earlier this year, the United Kingdom and France signed a multimillion-euro deal to increase patrols and surveillance, measures typically seen in those nations rather than in the Netherlands, Wallin noted.
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On Saturday, the Dutch authorities announced that 38 people had been rescued from drowning, following the breakdown of the motor of a rubber boat off the south coast of the country.
It was the first case of this species in Dutch waters.
2 suspected of smuggling as 38 rescued by Netherlands coast guard
Two of the 38 people adrift in a rubber boat have been detained on suspicion of smuggling by Marechaussee military police and Netherlands coast guard Saturday off the coast of the southern Netherlands.
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Netherlands coast guard rescues 38 people adrift in a rubber boat
Dozens of people adrift at sea in a rubber boat have been rescued off the coast of the southern Netherlands.
The coast guard detected the boat, which turned out to have no engine, on radar Saturday morning. A spokesperson could not yet say with certainty whether the people on board are migrants or refugees.
38 rescued from a rubber boat off the coast off Cadzand; 2 arrested in smuggling probe
Thirty-eight people were rescued off the coast of Cadzand in the province of Zeeland early Friday. Two men were arrested on suspicion of human smuggling. All 38 were taken to a reception facility, according to the safety region.They were aboard a Zodiac, according to a Royal Netherlands Marechaussee spokesperson. A Zodiac is a type of rubber boat frequently used to transport migrants.
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