More than half of those who were rescued were found off the Costa Blanca on Spain’s southeastern coast.
About 100 refugees and migrants were rescued off the coast of Spain on Thursday, adding to about another 200 plucked off makeshift boats on Christmas Day, Spain’s maritime rescue service said.
![A Spanish Civil Guard officer checks some of the 39 migrants that arrived ashore at the Punta Salinas beach in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain on Thursday [Carlos de Saa/EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/12/27/7078cf06af014cd9a46650652df5793d_18.jpg "300 migrants rescued off Spain over two-day Christmas period")
300 migrants rescued off Spain over two-day Christmas period
Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:02:20 GMT