Spanish coastguard finds a clandestine on the ship’s rudder

Three stowaways were discovered on the rudder of a ship after it completed an 11-day voyage from Nigeria, according to Spanish authorities.

The coastguard shared a photo of the men sitting on the rudder at the oil tanker’s helm, their feet less than a metre from the water.

They were taken to a hospital in Gran Canaria, where they were treated for moderate dehydration.

It’s unclear if they sat on the rudder the entire journey.

According to data collected by maritime tracking websites, the Maltese-flagged Althini II arrived in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, after a journey of more than 2,700 nautical miles from Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos.