Rabat, June 8 (IANS) The Moroccan navy rescued 385 migrants heading for Spain last week, media reports said on Wednesday.The migrants, including women and minors, are mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa, official news agency MAP quoted a military statement as saying.They were traveling in several inflatable boats in the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates the African continent from Europe, Xinhua news agency reported.Some of the migrants were in poor health condition and received first aid from the navy, before being brought back to different Moroccan ports, according to the report.Morocco has become a transit country for African migrants seeking to reach Europe for better living conditions, as the shortest distance from Morocco's Mediterranean coasts to Spain is only 14 km via the Strait of Gibraltar.
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