Overview

• On Friday evening, a wooden boat from Morocco carrying 38 people, including seven children, landed near Vila do Bispo on the Algarve coast.
• Authorities treated migrants for dehydration and hypothermia, with three children cared for at a Faro pediatric clinic while other arrivals were released from Portimão hospital.
• A Portuguese court ordered 31 migrants to depart for Morocco voluntarily within 20 days under threat of forcible deportation.
• Portugal’s navy increased patrols along the southern coast in response to the landing.
• An unverified claim by a passenger suggested four people died at sea, a report not confirmed by official sources.