Migrants travel from Nigeria to Canary Islands balanced on ship's rudder

[muriel_volestrangler]

The Spanish coastguard has rescued three migrants who stowed away on a tanker that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria by balancing on its rudder just above the waterline.

In a photograph distributed on Twitter by the coastguard on Monday, the three stowaways are shown perched on the rudder of the oil and chemical tanker Alithini II.

The Alithini II arrived in Las Palmas in Gran Canaria on Monday after an 11-day voyage from Lagos in Nigeria, according to Marine Traffic, a ship-tracking website.

The migrants were taken into the port and attended to by health services, the coastguard said on Twitter.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/28/migrants-travel-from-nigeria-to-canary-islands-balanced-on-ships-rudder

Jesus, that's desperate.

[underpants]

1. Desperate and impressive

I can’t imagine.

[Turbineguy]

2. That's a scary way to travel.

[Javaman]

3. 11 days and nights exposed to the elements with little food and water.

these poor people.