Spain locates 320 migrants in 10 boats off Canary Islands
4 years, 1 month ago

Spain locates 320 migrants in 10 boats off Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spanish rescue services said Tuesday they intercepted more than 320 migrants in 10 boats found off the Canary Islands archipelago. The Interior Ministry said in a report this week that 16,760 migrants had arrived by sea to the Canary Islands between Jan. 1 and Nov. 15, a figure that was up by 1,000% compared to the same period last year. More than half of the total have arrived in the last four weeks, a sharp influx worrying international and non-profit organizations. The ministry said the total number of migrant arrivals by boat to Spain was 32,427 for the same period, up 45% from last year.

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Migration to Spain's Canaries surges
1 month ago

Migration to Spain's Canaries surges

China Daily  

Migrants gather at the CATE in San Andres on the island of El Hierro, Spain, October 28, 2024. El Hierro, Spain's southernmost Canary Island, has developed into a primary arrival point for migration into Europe, with Red Cross numbers showing that by mid-November, the tiny Atlantic community had received 19,400 migrants — nearly double its resident population. Spain's Canary Islands …

Migration to Spain's Canaries surges
1 month ago

Migration to Spain's Canaries surges

China Daily  

Migrants gather at the CATE in San Andres on the island of El Hierro, Spain, October 28, 2024. El Hierro, Spain's southernmost Canary Island, has developed into a primary arrival point for migration into Europe, with Red Cross numbers showing that by mid-November, the tiny Atlantic community had received 19,400 migrants — nearly double its resident population. Spain's Canary Islands …

Hope fades after migrant boat sinks off Spanish island
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hope fades after migrant boat sinks off Spanish island

China Daily  

By Earle Gale in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-10-01 18:43 Flowers are seen during burial of a migrant in the El Mocanal cemetery, after the sinking of a migrant boat that killed at least nine people and left at least 48 missing, on the island of El Hierro, Spain on Sept 30. The Canary Island's regional president, …

At least 89 Europe-bound migrants die after boat capsizes off Mauritania
5 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 89 Europe-bound migrants die after boat capsizes off Mauritania

The Independent  

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89 migrants dead at sea off Mauritania: Report
5 months, 2 weeks ago

89 migrants dead at sea off Mauritania: Report

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe perished when their boat capsized earlier this week off the coast of Mauritania, the state news agency and a local official said Thursday, while dozens more remain missing. The report quoted survivors saying that the boat had set sail from the border of Senegal and Gambia with 170 passengers on board, bringing the number …

2 dead and 38 rescued from a migrant boat near Spain's Canary Islands
9 months, 1 week ago

2 dead and 38 rescued from a migrant boat near Spain's Canary Islands

The Independent  

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4 migrants are found dead and 64 are rescued as a Mauritanian boat reaches Spain’s Canary Islands
9 months, 2 weeks ago

4 migrants are found dead and 64 are rescued as a Mauritanian boat reaches Spain’s Canary Islands

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Four migrants were found dead and 64 were rescued when a boat from Mauritania reached Spain’s Canary Islands after a dangerous Atlantic journey from West Africa, Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said. The migrants arrived on the island of El Hierro late on Tuesday evening, with the survivors including two women and nine minors, the service said. Nearly …

4 migrants are found dead and 64 are rescued as a Mauritanian boat reaches Spain's Canary Islands
9 months, 2 weeks ago

4 migrants are found dead and 64 are rescued as a Mauritanian boat reaches Spain's Canary Islands

The Independent  

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A record number of migrants have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands this year. Most are from Senegal
1 year, 1 month ago

A record number of migrants have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands this year. Most are from Senegal

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — A record number of migrants have made the treacherous boat journey on the Atlantic Ocean to Spain’s Canary Islands this year, and most of the 32,000 people are coming from Senegal. According to an Associated Press tally of figures released by Spain’s Interior Ministry and local emergency services, at least 32,029 people landed on the Canary Islands …

Migration from Senegal surges as more than 32,000 people have landed in Spain's Canary Islands
1 year, 1 month ago

Migration from Senegal surges as more than 32,000 people have landed in Spain's Canary Islands

The Independent  

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Record number of migrants arrived this year in Spain’s Canary Islands, most from Senegal
1 year, 1 month ago

Record number of migrants arrived this year in Spain’s Canary Islands, most from Senegal

LA Times  

Migrants crowd a wooden boat as they are towed to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro on Saturday. A record number of migrants have made the treacherous boat journey on the Atlantic Ocean to Spain’s Canary Islands this year, and most of the 32,000 people are coming from Senegal. According to an Associated Press …

At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spain's Canary Islands, says aid group
1 year, 5 months ago

At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spain's Canary Islands, says aid group

India Today  

At least 300 people who were traveling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday. Two boats, one carrying about 65 people and the other with between 50 and 60 on board, have been missing for 15 days since they left Senegal to try to reach Spain, Helena …

300 migrants bound to Spain's Canary Islands go missing at Atlantic Ocean
1 year, 5 months ago

300 migrants bound to Spain's Canary Islands go missing at Atlantic Ocean

India TV News  

Three boats carrying over 300 irregular migrants suddenly went missing in the Atlantic Ocean, said migrant aid group Walking Borders on Sunday, prompting a frantic search by authorities. Walking Borders spokesperson Helena Maleno informed that the boats had embarked from Senegal 15 days ago towards the Canary Islands in Spain, reported Anadolu Agency. Last year, as many as 559 irregular …

More than 1,400 migrants are rescued from overcrowded boats off southern Italy by coast guard
1 year, 6 months ago

More than 1,400 migrants are rescued from overcrowded boats off southern Italy by coast guard

Associated Press  

ROME — More than 1,400 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded vessels, including a sailboat, in four separate operations in the Mediterranean Sea off southern Italy, the Italian coast guard said Wednesday. There were 47 migrants, including two children in immediate need of medical care, aboard the sailboat in distress off the region of Calabria, in the “toe” of the …

NGO: 2,390 deaths on migrant routes to Spain in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

NGO: 2,390 deaths on migrant routes to Spain in 2022

Associated Press  

MADRID — A Spanish nonprofit organization said Wednesday that the number of migrants who died or were reported missing while trying to reach Spain was 2,390 last year, a decrease on 2021 but in line with the past five years. But the migrant rights group also raised alarm over the “invisibility” of an increasingly popular route from Algeria to Spain’s …

Spain rescues 319 migrants at sea, 18 more feared drowned
2 years, 10 months ago

Spain rescues 319 migrants at sea, 18 more feared drowned

Associated Press  

MADRID — Emergency services on Spain’s Canary Islands say 319 people, including 59 women and 24 children, were rescued from seven different boats trying to reach the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, while activists say at least 18 migrants have died. Spanish rescue vessels reached the boats in different locations late Tuesday and early Wednesday, a Maritime Rescue Service spokeswoman …

Canary Islands: More than 400 migrants rescued in Atlantic
3 years, 1 month ago

Canary Islands: More than 400 migrants rescued in Atlantic

The Independent  

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Spain seeks to curb migrant arrivals to Canary Islands
3 years, 1 month ago

Spain seeks to curb migrant arrivals to Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — More than 400 migrants arrived by sea in Spain’s Canary Islands over a 24-hour period, emergency services said on Thursday, as the Spanish government discussed with Algerian officials ways of fighting illegal migration from North Africa to Europe. Migrant arrivals in the Canary Islands have surged this year, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry. In 2019, Spanish police said …

7 minors among 29 dead on migrant boat to Canary Islands
3 years, 3 months ago

7 minors among 29 dead on migrant boat to Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — At least 29 Africans, including seven children, died last week while trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands on a smuggling boat, according to information released Monday from a U.N. migration agency and a Spanish migrant charity in touch with victims’ relatives. But at least 24 more people were on the boat when it left Aug. 15 from Dakhla, …

7 girls among 29 dead on migrant boat to Canary Islands
3 years, 3 months ago

7 girls among 29 dead on migrant boat to Canary Islands

The Independent  

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Spanish police arrest 2 for migrant tragedy in Atlantic
3 years, 5 months ago

Spanish police arrest 2 for migrant tragedy in Atlantic

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish police said Wednesday that they have arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 migrants who perished last month while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands. Difficulties in tracking the small crafts produce differing statistics, but they all indicate that the perilous sea route from Western …

Migrant boat capsizes near Spain’s Canary Islands, 4 dead
3 years, 6 months ago

Migrant boat capsizes near Spain’s Canary Islands, 4 dead

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Four people died, one of them a child, when a migrant boat believed to be carrying 45 passengers capsized near Spain’s Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said Friday. Emergency workers and residents rescued 41 people, including 19 women and seven children, with sub-Saharan nationalities, and they worked overnight until Friday afternoon recovering the bodies of three adults and …

14 hospitalized in Canaries after migrants rescued at sea
3 years, 9 months ago

14 hospitalized in Canaries after migrants rescued at sea

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Scores of migrants have been rescued from several boats near Spain’s Canary Islands, with 14 — many suffering from hypothermia — requiring hospitalization, authorities said Wednesday. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service rescued the 84 passengers of two boats Wednesday, and 52 from one more late Tuesday, near the island of Gran Canaria. On Wednesday, another three migrant boats …

Boy reported dead at sea in attempt to reach Canary Islands
3 years, 11 months ago

Boy reported dead at sea in attempt to reach Canary Islands

The Independent  

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4 die as migrant boat reaches Spain’s Canary Islands
3 years, 11 months ago

4 die as migrant boat reaches Spain’s Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — Three men died in a boat carrying more than 40 migrants and another died upon reaching shore on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on Tuesday, authorities said. They were the first deaths of migrants arriving on the islands in 2021, a spokeswoman for the emergency services said. The migrants, which included one woman and 17 minors, were from …

Spain dismantles migrants’ ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands
4 years ago

Spain dismantles migrants’ ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands

Associated Press  

ARGUINEGUIN, Spain — Spanish authorities have dismantled a makeshift camp for migrant processing that for over three months was known as the “dock of shame” for holding thousands of Africans in squalor after they arrived in the Canary Islands. The Spanish government’s delegation in the Atlantic Ocean archipelago confirmed Monday that all the 830 people held Friday at the Arguineguín …

8 migrants die as boat overturns near Spanish island
4 years ago

8 migrants die as boat overturns near Spanish island

Associated Press  

MADRID — At least eight people died after a migrant boat carrying more than 30 people hit rocks close to a small port on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spanish rescue services said Wednesday. The Canary Islands emergency service said the Lanzarote boat crashed into pier rocks and overturned in the Orzola area on the north of the island late …

Spain in diplomatic push over migrant flow to Canary Islands
4 years, 1 month ago

Spain in diplomatic push over migrant flow to Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — The Spanish government is ratcheting up its response to the steady build-up of migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands from Africa, including a fresh diplomatic offensive. Though the government has come under pressure from local officials to transfer a significant number of migrants and asylum seekers to the Spanish mainland, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said Friday that the …

Spain opens 2nd migrant camp on overrun Gran Canaria island
4 years, 1 month ago

Spain opens 2nd migrant camp on overrun Gran Canaria island

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s government is scrambling to manage the steady stream of migrants to its Canary Islands from West Africa by opening a second holding camp, officials said Wednesday, as political tensions rise in the Atlantic archipelago. The establishment of a second temporary migrant processing center on the island of Gran Canaria comes amid increasing criticism from local authorities …

Migrant arrivals putting pressure on Spain’s Canary Islands
4 years, 1 month ago

Migrant arrivals putting pressure on Spain’s Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spanish rescue services have located 1,300 migrants in four days in the Atlantic Ocean and transferred them to the southern Canary Islands, further straining local emergency response capabilities as makeshift military camps for the newcomers were being readied. The Spanish government says it plans to increase aid for Africa while speeding up deportations of those who don’t meet …

Spain to build Canary Islands migrant camps after 900% rise in arrivals
4 years, 1 month ago

Spain to build Canary Islands migrant camps after 900% rise in arrivals

The Independent  

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Tensions in packed migrant shelter on Spain´s Canary Islands
4 years, 1 month ago

Tensions in packed migrant shelter on Spain´s Canary Islands

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Overwhelmed authorities on the Canary Islands are asking Spain’s government for help amid rising tensions between migrants and police at a crowded, makeshift tent camp for a steady stream of arrivals from west Africa. Nearly 2,000 migrants live in the facility designed to shelter 400 people on a pier on the island of Gran Canaria, part of …

Over 1,600 migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands, 1 dies
4 years, 1 month ago

Over 1,600 migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands, 1 dies

Associated Press  

MADRID — More than 1,600 migrants have either been rescued at sea or reached Spain’s Canary Islands in small boats over the weekend, emergency services for the archipelago said Sunday. The body of one person who had died during the perilous journey was recovered by rescuers in waters near the island of El Hierro, the Canary Islands emergency services said. …

Spain searches for migrant boat taking risky Atlantic route
4 years, 5 months ago

Spain searches for migrant boat taking risky Atlantic route

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spanish authorities searched Wednesday for a boat reportedly carrying around 60 migrants from western Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands, a perilous Atlantic Ocean route that is increasingly attracting migrants wanting to reach European soil. A plane with Spain’s maritime rescue service was looking for the inflatable boat amid poor sea conditions, state news agency Efe reported from the …

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