Tenerife tourists rescue African migrants. Tourists sunning themselves in the Canary Islands came to the rescue of 88 immigrants from Africa whose canoe-shaped fishing boat grounded on a beach in Tenerife.
They were given first aid by holidaymakers and locals who took some of the most severely dehydrated to hospitals near the town of Granadilla in their cars. "It was totally spontaneous," a local police officer, Javier Melián, told El País newspaper yesterday. "Every immigrant must have had four or five people looking after them. Explicit cookie consent. Immigration - Pictures - Vocabulary - Listening - Conversation Questions. Immigrationvocabulary - immigrationcapstone. TeachingEnglish.