A speedboat carrying migrants made a brazen daylight landing on a crowded Spanish beach Sunday, prompting tourists to physically detain several individuals until authorities arrived.
The incident occurred at Sotillo Beach in Castell de Ferro, Granada, around 2 p.m. when approximately 13 men believed to be of Moroccan origin arrived by speedboat.
Video footage captured the moment the vessel approached the shoreline packed with holidaying families.
The occupants jumped into the water and swam to shore before attempting to flee.
Restaurant owner Alberto Garcia witnessed the events unfold. “We all stood there staring, not quite knowing what was happening,” Garcia told newspaper Ideal.
Garcia initially mistook the vessel for recreational boaters.
“We thought it was a recreational boat, but when we saw that they started throwing objects into the water and people starting to get out, we realised it wasn’t normal,” he stated.
The boat’s operators displayed unusual confidence during the landing.
“What surprised us most was that the boat was moving very slowly, as if they weren’t in a hurry or afraid,” Garcia observed.
The migrants deliberately chose the most populated section of beach for their arrival.
“They went in where there were most people, as if nothing had happened, and stopped five metres from the shore,” Garcia noted.
After the passengers disembarked, the remaining crew members departed calmly.
“Then they jumped off one by one, and the four remaining on board, some of them hooded, calmly turned around and left,” Garcia explained.
Upon reaching dry land, the migrants employed different strategies.
Some individuals ran along the beach immediately, while others attempted to blend in with beachgoers.
Tourists took matters into their own hands when authorities had not yet arrived.
Video shows a man in swimming trunks physically restraining one migrant on the ground.
Local lifeguards alerted police to the situation, per the Daily Mail.
The Polica Local de Castell de Ferro reported their response: “The lifeguards alerted us, and we managed to catch one on the street. Then we helped identify two more.”
The Civil Guard handled the majority of arrests.
“The Civil Guard did the bulk of the work and managed to arrest nine,” the local police added.
This beach landing represents part of a broader migration crisis affecting Spain.
The country received a record number of migrants who crossed illegally by sea in 2024, with more than 61,000 people arriving by boat.
A separate incident last month highlighted the dangerous methods migrants employ.
An exhausted individual was rescued by sailors after attempting to cross the Strait of Gibraltar using only flippers and a rubber ring.
The man was spotted approximately 12 miles off the coast of Malaga by a passing sailboat crew.
Footage shows sailors calling out, “We have spotted a castaway and we are getting ready to pick him up.”
The migrant, strapped to a rubber ring, swam toward the vessel as crew members threw him a rope.
After being pulled aboard, he collapsed motionless with a pained expression.
The rescuing family initially mistook the swimmer for wildlife.
They were traveling from southern Spain to the Balearic Islands when they discovered the man in distress.
The sailors provided the migrant with clothing, blankets, water and food before contacting coastguard services.
Authorities mobilized a vessel to transfer him from the sailboat to the port of Malaga.
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