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Anti-tourist yobs target holidaymakers' rental cars in Tenerife, with 'Go home' scrawled on a vehicle in latest act of 'tourism-phobia' ahead of huge protest planned for this weekend
8 months, 1 week ago

Anti-tourist yobs target holidaymakers' rental cars in Tenerife, with 'Go home' scrawled on a vehicle in latest act of 'tourism-phobia' ahead of huge protest planned for this weekend

Daily Mail  

A rental car has been pictured with 'Go Home' graffiti on it in Tenerife ahead of protests this Saturday over the effects of mass tourism. Tenerife daily El Dia said the car belonged to regional rental car company Cicar, which has more than 40 offices across the Canary Islands, and described it as 'another act of tourism-phobia.' A rental car …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Furious childminder reveals she has lost £800 after quarantine introduced in Gran Canaria
4 years, 4 months ago

Furious childminder reveals she has lost £800 after quarantine introduced in Gran Canaria

Daily Mail  

A furious childminder yesterday slammed the decision to include the Canary Islands in the Spanish quarantine rules, saying it cost her a week's wages – as well as almost half her family holiday. How Chris Whitty killed Spanish holidays: Chief Medical Officer 'DEMANDED ministers put Spain back on quarantine list Ministers decided to reimpose quarantine travel restrictions on Spain after …

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