Search continues for immigrant boat

SALVAGE teams are searching for a boat that left Oran in Algeria but then disappeared. It is believed to be near the coast between Murcia and Almeria.

A call was made to 112 from a person on board the small boat saying there were 10 or 11 people on board and that they were near the Almeria coast, cold and with flash lights. Police alerted the coastguard and helicopter searches have been carried out but no trace of the vessel had been found at the time of publication.