Rabat, June 6 -- Three Moroccan immigrants on board a Kayak attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe on Tuesday, June 3.

According to the press agency El Faro de Ceuta, the maritime rescue unit, the "Salvamar Atria" arrested the three Moroccans following a tip-off. The rescue unit then handed them over to the Red Cross and the three are now awaiting their deportation back to Morocco through the border crossing point, Tarajal.

Despite the drop in the number of immigrants coming by sea, the Spanish enclaves on the northern tip of Morocco still face huge land crossings.

Most immigrants crossing by land run the risk of death from suffocation as they are most often stowed away in cars, the El Faro added.

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