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

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

The Independent  

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Spain’s prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors
4 months 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. …

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

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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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Migrant death toll increases on Atlantic route to Europe
3 years, 3 months ago

Migrant death toll increases on Atlantic route to Europe

Associated Press  

MADRID — At least 11 people are feared dead after another boat crossing the Atlantic Ocean to get from North Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands became a trap for migrants trying to reach European territory, Spanish authorities and activists reported Tuesday. “The human rights crisis at the border needs an urgent political response,” Walking Borders founder Helena Maleno said in …

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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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Migrant boat capsizes near Spain’s Canary Islands, 4 dead
3 years, 6 months ago

Migrant boat capsizes near Spain’s Canary Islands, 4 dead

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Four people died, one of them a child, when a migrant boat believed to be carrying 45 passengers capsized near Spain’s Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said Friday. Emergency workers and residents rescued 41 people, including 19 women and seven children, with sub-Saharan nationalities, and they worked overnight until Friday afternoon recovering the bodies of three adults and …

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Boats emerge from Sahara sand to transport migrants to Spain
3 years, 11 months ago

Boats emerge from Sahara sand to transport migrants to Spain

The Independent  

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Boats emerge from Sahara sand to transport migrants to Spain
3 years, 11 months ago

Boats emerge from Sahara sand to transport migrants to Spain

Associated Press  

DAKHLA, Western Sahara — Beneath a star-packed sky in the Sahara, smugglers and handymen unearth a boat buried in the sand, a made-to-order vessel for carrying migrants from the North African coast to Spain’s Canary Islands. From there, the boat is meant to take 20 to 30 migrants into the Atlantic Ocean and across what the European Union’s border agency …

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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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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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