Thousands of migrant kids have reached the Canary Islands alone. Local officials want Spain's help
Hindustan TimesBARCELONA, Spain — The children sometimes won't stop crying. Health workers dealing with migrants arriving on Spain's Canary Islands try to understand if the tears are from illness, injury or, as is often the case, from pure shock. Local officials want Spain's help One young Senegalese boy who disembarked recently kept fainting every few minutes, troubling doctors who couldn't determine the cause. “There's no medicine for that,” said Inmaculada Mora Peces, a 54-year-old emergency doctor who treats migrants arriving on the island of El Hierro. Not only do the Canary Islands lack physical space, but the regional government is struggling to hire professionals trained to work with the young migrants on the islands located some 1,300 kilometers from mainland Spain.
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