RABAT, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan royal navy rescued 366 suspected illegal immigrants on Wednesday off the Mediterranean sea, Morocco's army said.
The migrants were carried by 15 inflatable boats heading to Spain since Tuesday and ran into trouble, according to the army.
All the migrants were brought safely to the Port of Ksar Sghir, the army said, adding that an inflatable boat in a dilapidated condition sank right after the rescue.
At the last weekend, the Moroccan navy rescued 615 illegal immigrants after assisting 31 inflatable boats off the Mediterranean sea.
In recent months, Morocco has been witnessing a significant hike in illegal immigration attempts.
Morocco thwarted at least 54,000 attempts to smuggle illegal immigrants into Europe in the first eight months of 2018, compared with 39,000 attempts a year earlier, the Moroccan government said.
