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| Photo: The Spanish coastguard. |
On the photograph three stowaways are shown perched on the rudder of the oil and chemical tanker Alithini II.
Accoring to The Spanish coastguard men who stowed away on a tanker that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria by balancing on its rudder just above the waterline.
The Maltese-flagged Alithini II arrived in Las Palmas in Gran Canaria on Monday afternoon after an 11-day voyage from Lagos in Nigeria, according to Marine Traffic, a ship-tracking website.
Spanish data shows migration by sea to the archipelago jumped 51% in the first five months of the year compared with a year earlier.
Perilous crossings to the Canaries from north Africa have increased dramatically since late 2019 after checks on Mediterranean routes were tightened.
Spanish data shows migration by sea to the archipelago jumped 51% in the first five months of the year compared with a year earlier.
In October 2020, four people stowed away on the rudder of an oil tanker from Lagos, hiding for 10 days before they were discovered by police as the vessel came into Las Palmas.
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