Women were allegedly raped in a horror small boat crossing from Africa to Ibiza. The horrific details have emerged just days after it was revealed that at least 50 sub-Saharans were abused and thrown overboard to die by witch doctors.
Others were beaten and tortured during journeys if they dared to complain about the terrible conditions they had to endure during the dangerous sea crossing in tiny boats. The two migrant women who arrived in Ibiza last Friday in a boat say they both suffered a sexual assault by two men who were travelling with them. Their ages are not known, but police say they are minors. Both young women were transferred to the Can Misses Hospital in Ibiza, where they received emergency medical attention. In the hospital, a team of seven agents of the security forces and the gynaecologist on duty were mobilised, according to island newspaper Periodico de Ibiza. Police are keeping the investigation open to clarify the facts. In the next few hours, more official information is expected to be offered on the situation of the victims and the condition of the alleged perpetrators of the aggression. Statements were taken on Saturday from the young women.
Maritime Rescue intercepted a total of 29 migrants on Friday (September 19). The migrants, all of sub-Saharan origin, were making the journey to Europe when their boat was detected about 43 miles south of Formentera.
It was the second boat rescue carried out within a few hours in the waters of Ibiza, as the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard rescued another boat 12 miles south of Formentera on Thursday at 9.20pm. It was carrying 16 people.
This year, 126 boats carrying 2,094 migrants have arrived in Ibiza and Formentera. Of these, 108 boats and 1,829 people arrived in Formentera, while the rest, 18 boats and 265 migrants, arrived in Ibiza.
At the end of 2024, a young Algerian woman reported to the Civil Guard that during the journey to Formentera, she had been raped by the skipper of the boat.
Shortly after, a judge ordered that the alleged aggressor and another occupant of the boat should be held in detention without bail. One was accused of raping the young minor, while the other was accused of an alleged crime of omission of the duty to help.
The Balearic Islands’ government is refusing to take in young illegal immigrants. The archipelago says it is swamped by the migrants’ crisis. Spain has ordered the Balearics to provide for up to 400 young migrants, helping them with jobs and homes.
But the Balearic government is rebelling and will refuse to take in two young migrants who are currently in a holding camp in the Canaries. The Balearic Islands will try to stop the arrival of the first two immigrant minors from the Canary Islands.
The Balearic Islands have been assigned an ordinary capacity of 406 minors, a figure that the government considers disproportionate.
According to the regional executive, the rule lacks a clear justification, generating an “opaque and arbitrary” result that benefits some communities to the detriment of others and violates the constitutional principle of inter-territorial solidarity.
Governing Council vice-president and spokesman for the regional executive, Antoni Costa, said: “We have more than 700 minors in care, 10 times more than the places provided by the island service and 300 more than the ordinary capacity that the Government unilaterally set for us. We need help, we cannot be abandoned as is happening, it is a national shame.”
