Dramatic video reportedly shows a boat filled with migrants arriving on a popular beach in Spain.
The video, posted to Twitter on Sunday, shows a large boat approaching the shore as dozens of stunned beachgoers watch. Several people ran toward the boat as it came to a stop and multiple people jumped off of the vessel and ran toward land.
The incident happened on Sunday at La Barrosa beach in Cadiz, El País reported
Witnesses told the newspaper that many of those aboard the inflatable raft appeared to be minors. The publication said authorities were searching the surrounding area for the people, adding that "many of the migrants were attended to by staff in nearby establishments."
Spain has become one of the major migrant gateways to Europe, El Pais wrote.
According to Spain's Interior Ministry, 17,605 migrants have arrived to Spain by sea in this year alone, a number which has tripled in the last year.
An average of 54 people per day reached Spain by sea in the first months of 2018, and that number has since jumped to 220 per day, El Pais reported in July.
Watch the dramatic scene below:
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