The dramatic rescue of a baby girl born at sea on a migrant ship near Spain’s Canary Islands.

Spanish coast guard rescued a baby born on an inflatable boat carrying migrants. Canary Islands– the authorities said on Wednesday.

The Coast Guard said the newborn was safely pulled out with its mother on Monday message on social media.

They were the last to make the crossing that has caused thousands to drown as migrants try to reach the Atlantic archipelago from Africa.

“Christmas ended with the rescue of a baby born while crossing the sea in the Canary Islands,” the coast guard said. “Our crews in the Canary Islands have had a busy start to the year.”

A coastguard vessel “rescued a mother who gave birth on an inflatable boat she was traveling with a large group of people”. Reuters news agency reported that the newborn baby is a girl.

Two of them were taken by helicopter to Arrecife on the island of Lanzarote.

The captain of the agency’s rescue ship, Domingo Trujillo, told Spain’s EFE television service that the coast guard ship rescued a total of 60 people, including 14 women and 4 children.

“The baby was crying which showed us that she was alive and there was no problem and we asked for permission to strip and clean the woman. “One of the passengers had already cut his umbilical cord. All we had to do was check the child, give him to his mother and tie him up for the trip.”

Trujillo told Reuters that the rescue teams were exhausted but motivated by their mission.

“Almost every night we leave early in the morning and come back late,” he told Reuters. “This case is very positive, because it was with a newborn baby, but in all the services we do, we know that even though we are tired, we are helping people in difficult situations.”

According to official data this month, a record 46,843 undocumented migrants arrived in the Canary Islands via the Atlantic route in 2024.

Last June, a cruise ship He saved 68 people Drifting on a fishing boat off the coast of the Canary Islands. A cruise ship passenger from Vancouver, Canada, told CBS News that it took several hours to rescue the migrants and that at least five people on board died.