About 20 people were filmed disembarking a small boat onto a packed beach full of sunbathers.
Locals and tourists were astonished when the vessel pulled into the cove in Mallorca, Spain, on Tuesday (13 August).
Cala Gran Santanyí was heaving when the small boat stopped on the shoreline at around 6pm.
A clip that has been making the rounds on social media shows about 20 people – mostly young men – getting off the boat.
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They can be seen dodging beach towels as they walk in single file across the sand.
They appear to be in good health and physical condition.
However, most appear to have no more than a small rucksack or even just the clothes they’re wearing, as reported by Need To Know.
The boat was reportedly the fifth to arrive in the Balearic Islands on Tuesday.
At 9am that day, two boats had landed in Formentera – one with 15 people on board and the other with 11.
At 10:30 am, a third vessel had arrived in Formentera carrying another 15 people.
And at 10:50 am, 18 people had been rescued south of Cabrera from a fourth boat.
It’s not known how long the people spent seaborne as they made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
More than 2,000 migrants arrived in the Balearic Islands by sea in the first quarter of 2024.
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