A chilling warning has been issued to British holidaymakers setting sail for Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera this summer.
Since the beginning of the year, Spain‘s Balearic Islands have been hit by a string of gruesome finds across its beaches involving a body or body parts.
In the last six weeks alone, six decomposing bodies have been found on the sand, with most in an unrecognisable state, causing distress among tourists and locals alike.
Last week, on Saturday morning, a severed human foot was discovered washed up on a beach in Can Pastilla, Mallorca, marking the tenth grim find at the holiday hotspot this year.
On Friday, just hours before the foot was found, parts of a badly decomposed body of a woman were discovered floating around a mile off Can Pastilla.
The bodies and severed body parts are believed to belong to migrants who have attempted to get into Spain by embarking on perilous boat journeys across the sea.
They are often rounded up in the dozens by smugglers and packed into tiny “pateras,” without life jackets, resulting in many tragically losing their lives at sea.
Hundreds of migrants were reported to have arrived in boats across the Spanish archipelago over the winter, battling biting-gale force winds, huge waves and frosty temperatures.
A chilling warning has been issued to British holidaymakers setting sail for Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera this summer (pictured: Playa de Palma beach, Mallorca)
Last week, on Saturday morning, a severed human foot was discovered washed up on a beach in Can Pastilla, Mallorca (pictured: divers dispatched to recover the foot)
Now, Brits have been warned that the situation is likely to get worse this summer, with life-threatening crossings expected to become more frequent due to improved weather conditions and calmer waters.
With spring in full swing, officials – who have chillingly labelled the islands a ‘graveyard’ – are now on high alert across the shores of the Balearics.
Spanish newspaper, Diario de Mallorca, stated: ‘The Balearic Islands are a cemetery.’
Locals who have been left unnerved by the situation have said tourism chiefs should be sending a firm warning message to British and German holidaymakers by displaying photos of bodies being pulled from the sand rather than of idyllic beaches.
A sixth body was discovered this week on the beach of Cala Mesquida in the municipality of Capdepera.
It is believed to have come from a boat carrying 27 Somali nationals that disappeared after leaving Algeria on 2 February.
The body was found in an advanced state of decomposition but appeared to be a male who had been wearing a life jacket.
The same morning, a second decomposed body was found on a beach in Playa de Palma.
With spring in full swing, officials – who have chillingly labelled the islands a ‘graveyard’ – are now on high alert across the shores of the Balearics
Locals who have been left unnerved by the situation have said tourism chiefs should be sending a firm warning message to visitors by displaying photos of bodies being pulled from the sand rather than of idyllic beaches (pictured: Playa de Mallorca, Spain)
In the last two weeks, four other bodies were found in the sea of Can Pastilla (Palma), Cala Deia, Llevant beach in Formentera and Son Moli in Cala Rajada.
It comes after human remains were found on a stretch of Californian coastline just a day after a leg washed up at the same location in December.
A partial limb was discovered in the 6800 block of Paseo Del Mar in Palos Verdes Estates on 26 December, SFGate reported.
The grim discovery came after a family out for a walk on Christmas Day came across a leg on Bluff Cove Trail on the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar.
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