Migrant crisis, Spain saves up to 600 per day

600 immigrants have been rescued from the Spanish coastal guard in only 24 hours, while the country faces the largest influx of settlers across the sea. So far, 9,000 people have arrived in Spain -- a triple higher figure compared to the same period a year ago.

Spanish coastal guards have rescued 600 immigrants who come from Morocco in a 24-hour period, at a time when the number of migrants in the country is on the rise. The survivors were located in 15 waterways, and among them were 35 children and a baby.

The United Nations has declared that over 9,000 people have arrived in Spain so far this year -- a triple figure higher than that of the same period last year. Meanwhile, more than 120 people are thought to have drowned trying to cross over to Spain. This increase in the number of incoming immigrants implies that Spain could soon pass over Greece as far as the numbers of migrants coming through the sea, according to a previous statement by the UN International Organisation of Migration.

Most of them sail through the Strait of Gibraltar, and they select cheap and engineless boats that allow them to bypass the human trafficking network and their tariffs. However, Spain still remains far from Italy in terms of the number of migrants coming to the country. Again according to the International Organisation of Migration, about 100,000 people from Libya have landed in Italy since the beginning of the year, while 2,242 people have died along the way. In June, about 5,000 immigrants were saved in just one day on the Mediterranean coast, according to the Italian coast guard.