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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 …

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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

The Independent  

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Gale-force winds are fanning dozens of wildfires across Greece, leaving 2 dead, 2 injured
1 year, 4 months ago

Gale-force winds are fanning dozens of wildfires across Greece, leaving 2 dead, 2 injured

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Gale-force winds fanned the flames of wildfires across Greece, including more than four dozen new blazes that broke out Monday amid hot, dry and windy weather that has sucked moisture from vegetation. In Spain’s Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa, a nearly week-old fire blamed on arson continued out of control in what has been …

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Heatwaves set more records across Europe, Asia and US
1 year, 5 months ago

Heatwaves set more records across Europe, Asia and US

Al Jazeera  

Residents across the globe grapple with scorching temperatures, deadly wildfires and health warnings. Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday as firefighters battled blazes in parts of Greece and the Canary Islands while authorities from California to China warned of the health dangers brought by searing temperatures, urging people to drink water and shelter from the sun. The …

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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 …

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Nigerian stowaways found on ship's rudder in Canary Islands
2 years ago

Nigerian stowaways found on ship's rudder in Canary Islands

Firstpost  

The men found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port on Monday afternoon appeared to have symptoms of dehydration and hypothermia and were transferred to hospitals on the island for medical attention Barcelona: Three stowaways were found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after an 11-day ocean voyage from Nigeria, Spain’s maritime rescue service …

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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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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, …

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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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52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain
3 years, 4 months ago

52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — A woman who was the only person pulled from a sinking dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean told her rescuers that the boat had left Africa a week earlier carrying 53 migrants, Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said Friday. A merchant ship spotted the inflatable dinghy on Thursday, 255 kilometers south of Spain’s Canary Islands, and alerted Spanish emergency …

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Girl dies during rescue of migrant boat off Canary Islands
3 years, 5 months ago

Girl dies during rescue of migrant boat off Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — A young girl died during a rescue operation to save migrants trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands in a small boat, Spanish authorities said Wednesday. Emergency services for the Canary Islands said the girl suffered respiratory failure before the rescue helicopter carrying her and two adults could reach a hospital. The perilous sea route from western Africa to …

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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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Spain’s foreign minister visits Senegal to discuss migration
4 years, 1 month ago

Spain’s foreign minister visits Senegal to discuss migration

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Spain’s foreign minister met Sunday with Senegal’s president in the West African country’s capital Sunday to discuss the sudden increase of Senegalese migrants attempting to reach the Canary Islands by boat. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya met with President Macky Sall in Dakar to discuss migration and border cooperation between Spain, the European Union and Senegal. …

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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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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. …

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