Spain’s prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors
7 months, 1 week ago

Spain’s prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s leader met with the regional president of the Canary Islands on Friday to discuss irregular migration as the archipelago struggles to care for thousands of unaccompanied minors who made it there. He’s now back to work and held talks with regional President Fernando Clavijo, who governs the Canary Islands in coalition with the conservative Popular Party. While Sánchez didn’t make statements following the meeting, his minister for territorial policy and democratic memory, Ángel Victor Torres, who is also the former regional leader of the Canary Islands, said that discussions with Clavijo had been fruitful. The Canary Islands government says it has a capacity to look after 2,000 minors but is currently caring for more than 5,500 children and teenage migrants who reached the archipelago on their own or who lost parents during the dangerous boat voyage from the African coast.

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Spain adopts measure to transfer unaccompanied migrant minors from the Canary Islands
1 week, 5 days ago

Spain adopts measure to transfer unaccompanied migrant minors from the Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain adopted a measure Wednesday to redistribute thousands of unaccompanied underage migrants currently sheltered on the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off northwest Africa where thousands of people arrive by boat each year trying to reach Europe. The reform ends a months-long political stalemate between Spain’s regions and the central government and is aimed at easing pressure on …

Canary Islands: Europe's new migration crisis hub as Atlantic route deaths soar
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Canary Islands: Europe's new migration crisis hub as Atlantic route deaths soar

Firstpost  

In 2024, the Canary Islands have become the focal point of Europe’s migration crisis as the perilous Atlantic crossing claimed more lives and intensified political divisions across the EU A child is carried ashore from a crowded wooden boat as unauthorized migrants arrive at the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, on August 18, …

A record number of migrants reached the Canary Islands by sea in 2024, Spain says
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2 months, 4 weeks ago

A record number of migrants reached the Canary Islands by sea in 2024, Spain says

NPR  

A record number of migrants reached the Canary Islands by sea in 2024, Spain says toggle caption Antonio Sempere/AFP via Getty Images SEVILLE, Spain — The Atlantic migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands set a new record in 2024, with at least 46,843 arrivals to the Spanish archipelago, according to yearly figures released by …

Record number of migrants, refugees reached Canary Islands by sea in 2024
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Record number of migrants, refugees reached Canary Islands by sea in 2024

Al Jazeera  

Spain received 63,970 migrants and refugess who arrived through irregular routes last year, including 46,843 people in the Canary Islands. At least 46,843 people reached Spain’s Canary Islands in 2024 through the increasingly deadly Atlantic migration route, the country’s interior ministry has said. The European country received 63,970 migrants who arrived through irregular routes last year, the vast majority in …

Migration to Spain's Canaries surges
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Migrant influx fuels debate in Spain over illegal migration
7 months ago

Migrant influx fuels debate in Spain over illegal migration

Hindustan Times  

A steep rise in the number of arrivals of migrants in Spain's Canary Islands from Africa has fuelled a fierce debate in the country over how to tackle illegal immigration. Migrant influx fuels debate in Spain over illegal migration The issue was thrust into the spotlight during a three-day visit by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to West Africa which …

Spain PM heads to W.Africa as migrant arrivals surge
7 months ago

Spain PM heads to W.Africa as migrant arrivals surge

Hindustan Times  

Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez heads on a three-day visit to West Africa on Tuesday, as his left-wing government grapples with a major upsurge in migrant arrivals, notably in the Canary Islands. Spain PM heads to W.Africa as migrant arrivals surge Nearly every day, Spain's coastguard rescues a boat carrying dozens of African migrants towards the islands which are located …

Spain's prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors
7 months, 1 week ago

Spain's prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors

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Thousands of migrant kids have reached the Canary Islands alone. Local officials want Spain's help
8 months, 1 week ago

Thousands of migrant kids have reached the Canary Islands alone. Local officials want Spain's help

Hindustan Times  

BARCELONA, 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 …

Record number of migrants arrived this year in Spain’s Canary Islands, most from Senegal
1 year, 4 months 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 …

Spain in diplomatic push over migrant flow to Canary Islands
4 years, 4 months 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 …

Migrant arrivals putting pressure on Spain’s Canary Islands
4 years, 4 months 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 searches for answer to migrants eyeing Canary Islands
4 years, 4 months ago

Spain searches for answer to migrants eyeing Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s government is stepping up its response to a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Atlantic from Africa to the Canary Islands, though there was little new in the measures announced Friday. The arrivals are overwhelming public services in the Canary Islands, and the Minister for Territorial Policy Carolina Darias told a news conference there Friday …

Over 1,600 migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands, 1 dies
4 years, 4 months 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. …

Migrants replace tourists on Canary Islands’ beaches as human traffickers target Spanish resort
4 years, 5 months ago

Migrants replace tourists on Canary Islands’ beaches as human traffickers target Spanish resort

The Independent  

In normal times, the port of Mogán is popular with British tourists who come to this Canary Islands' resort to enjoy the year-round sunshine. Between January and 15 October, there has been a 688 per cent rise in migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands compared with the same period in 2019, with 8,102 migrants reaching the seven islands, according to …

Spain set to negotiate travel corridors with UK
4 years, 6 months ago

Spain set to negotiate travel corridors with UK

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Spain has announced plans to create safe travel corridors despite having the fastest rise in daily …

Spain's Socialist Leader Sets A New Course On Migrants, Gender And Catalonia
6 years, 8 months ago

Spain's Socialist Leader Sets A New Course On Migrants, Gender And Catalonia

NPR  

Spain's Socialist Leader Sets A New Course On Migrants, Gender And Catalonia Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul White/AP Paul White/AP In a matter of a few days, Pedro Sánchez, the 46-year-old leader of Spain's Socialist party, has gone from unpopular-at-the-polls lawmaker to prime minister of the fourth-largest economy in the eurozone. Sponsor Message "Sánchez has engaged in a strong …

Canary Islands face migrant crisis
17 years, 8 months ago

Canary Islands face migrant crisis

Al Jazeera  

More than 4,700 African migrants have reached the Canaries since January A group of 149 migrants has arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands after a Spanish rescue ship picked them up from a boat in the Atlantic ocean. “The Canary Islands government should close these centres and arrange better care for the children” Simone Troller, Human Rights Watch Last week, some …

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