The Algarve authorities are looking for the illegal immigrants who fled the barracks in Tavira



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In a statement sent to the newsrooms, the “Foreigners and Borders Service confirms the escape (…) of 17 of the 24 foreign citizens installed in the Headquarters of the Infantry Regiment No. 1 of the Tavira Detachment, where the prophylactic quarantine was being carried out, after two of them had accused COVID-positive. 19 “.

Also according to SEF, as RTP had advanced, The police authorities have already located 2 citizens, one of whom was transferred to the Faro Hospital after being injured in the foot during the escape, and another at the PSP facilities in Tavira ”.

Of the 28 Moroccan citizens (including 1 minor), landed in Ilha Deserta on September 15, 24 male citizens were installed in the Tavira Barracks. The three women were installed in the Santo António Housing Unit, in Porto. The minor was handed over to the Faro Juvenile and Family Court.

The SEF also says that “all the necessary mechanisms on the ground have already been put in place to locate the affected citizens, together with the rest of the national and Spanish criminal police forces.”

The Moroccans fled around 4:30 am this morning after having managed to scale one of the walls of the barracks.

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