A spokesman for Spain's state maritime rescue service told AFP that 224 people had been rescued from five vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea, which separate Spain from Morocco.
The first rescues occurred in the early hours, the spokesman said, with dozens rescued south of Gibraltar from three boats.
Another 72 were rescued later after being spotted by a plane belonging to Europe's border agency, Frontex.
Spain's sea rescue service said Thursday that it had saved more than 400 migrants this week alone.
According to the International Organisation for Migration, 3,314 people attempted this crossing between January 1 and April 30 this year. They recorded 59 deaths over the same period in this part of the Mediterranean.
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