Acquisition: Miguel Castro/Manolo Ródenas, Almeria, Spain
Year: 2006
A patera is a rustic fishing boat which nowadays also has been known as
tools for North-African people trying to find a better life in Europe. This
patera comes from Almeria in Southern Andalucía in Spain. Supposedly it was
left at the Almeria coast in 2004, having, according to witnesses, carried
around 25 people to land. The police normally burn the boats that are found
without people, but in this case, there were witnesses and some of the
passengers were identified, so the boat became part of a juridical process.
Supposedly the police was also able to identify the trafficker.
From: Morocco To: Spain