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Tenerife: Over 230 sunbeds vandalised on beaches amid overtourism row
2 weeks ago

Tenerife: Over 230 sunbeds vandalised on beaches amid overtourism row

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 More than 230 sunbeds have been vandalised on popular beaches in Tenerife, the latest in a …

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Tenerife: Over 230 sunbeds vandalised on beaches amid overtourism row
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Tenerife: Over 230 sunbeds vandalised on beaches amid overtourism row

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 More than 230 sunbeds have been vandalised on popular beaches in Tenerife, the latest in a …

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Spain’s leader visits Gambia as part of a West Africa tour to tackle irregular migration
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Spain’s leader visits Gambia as part of a West Africa tour to tackle irregular migration

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Gambia on Wednesday as part of a trip through three West African nations aimed at boosting cooperation in controlling irregular migration from the region to Spain’s Canary Islands. Sánchez met with Gambia’s President Adama Barrow and said afterward that the two countries had agreed to work together on security, as well …

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

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Thousands of migrant kids have reached the Canary Islands alone. Local officials want Spain’s help
5 months ago

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

Associated Press  

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. “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 …

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Better weather conditions help slow down La Palma wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands
1 year, 5 months ago

Better weather conditions help slow down La Palma wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — More favorable weather conditions have helped firefighters slow down the advance of a wildfire on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands that has forced the evacuation of more than 4,000 residents, authorities said Sunday. Temperatures in the Canary Islands, located off the northwest coast of Africa, soared last week as Spain experienced a second summer heat wave. Vicente …

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Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists
3 years ago

Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists

Associated Press  

LAS MANCHAS, Canary Islands — They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Scientists from around the world are flocking to La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, to take advantage of a volcanic eruption happening just an hour’s drive from an international airport and the safety of being able to work under the escort of …

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Volcano lava flows towards sea on Canary island La Palma amid earthquakes
3 years, 3 months ago

Volcano lava flows towards sea on Canary island La Palma amid earthquakes

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since the volcano opened up, rivers of lava has …

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In Canary Islands, Tensions Are High Over African Migration
3 years, 8 months ago

In Canary Islands, Tensions Are High Over African Migration

NPR  

In Canary Islands, Tensions Are High Over African Migration Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrés Gutiérrez for NPR Andrés Gutiérrez for NPR LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Spain — In a sunlit courtyard, volunteers at a church soup kitchen are handing out lunch bags and cups of fruit juice. Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrés Gutiérrez for NPR Andrés Gutiérrez …

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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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