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More than 350 migrants reach Balearic Islands in flotilla of small boats

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Footage shows the Spanish authorities intercepting a boat packed with over 20 migrants near the Balearic Islands.

More than 350 migrants arrived in the Balearic Islands between Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10, in 21 boats.

The video shows one of the boats intercepted on September 10.

Spanish Guardia Civil said the images show the 'interception and rescue of a boat this morning in Balearic waters, occupied by 21 people.'

The Civil Guard added: 'All the people were transferred ashore in good health.'

National Police are set to use a disused part of a police precinct to house some of them temporarily, while others will be transferred to Palma.

The migrants will reportedly be kept in police custody for a maximum of 72 hours before they are released or assigned to a detention centre for foreigners if there is room.

The others will be released, with local media reporting the deputy spokesman for the far-right Vox party in the Balearic Parliament, Jorge Campos Aseni, claiming that 'hundreds of illegals will be free in a few hours on the streets of Palma, the towns and Ibiza. It is an unsustainable situation.'

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