42 immigrants were rescued from a drifting patera small boat 30 miles off the coast of Motril

42 immigrants were rescued from a drifting patera small boat 30 miles off the coast of Motril at 11pm on Thursday night. The outboard motor on the Zodiac boat had broken down.

Coastguard sources report that there were four Asians on the boat, but all the rest were from the Sub-Sahara.

The Coastguards received an alert about the boat at 6pm and increased patrols in the area, including by air, and it was the Sasemar 100 plane which made the sighting at 11pm.

The boat on Thursday night was the second in three days after another 31 immigrants arrived in Motril on Tuesday.