EL MEDANO, July 5: A small boat packed with at least 148 African migrants landed on Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said.

The flimsy fibreglass vessel arrived at La Tejita beach on Tenerife’s south coast around 6:30 am (0530 GMT) as windsurfers were preparing to take to the sea, authorities said. The windsurfers and tourists alerted police.

The occupants tried to run inland, but were rounded up and detained, a ministry spokeswoman said. One man, who was dehydrated and had hypothermia, collapsed on the beach and was taken to a hospital.

The rest were treated on the scene by Red Cross mobile units.

All the migrants were males and at least six of them were minors, the spokeswoman said .

—AP