Overview

• The Audiencia Provincial de Alicante’s Section Three convicted the defendant of a crime against the rights of foreign citizens.
• The patera departed Tipaza, Algeria, on 25 November 2024 carrying 12 men who had each paid about €2,000 to unidentified intermediaries.
• The skipper lacked a license to operate vessels, according to the court’s findings.
• The 5–6 metre boat, without lifesaving gear, spent roughly three days and about 168 nautical miles in strong seas before a fishing vessel found it near Alicante and Salvamento Marítimo carried out the rescue on 28 November.
• Separately, the Guardia Civil maintains an active but non‑continuous search for 15 migrants missing in Balearic waters, with weather limiting aerial sorties near Cabrera and officials stating their intent to keep looking.