Migrant stories: African disaster survivor haunted by weeks lost at sea
NGOUDA DIONE and ZOHRA BENSEMRA, of Reuters, report from Senegal on Birane Mbaye’s story…
Thousands protest in Spain’s Canary Islands over mass tourism
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Reuters Thousands of people protested in Tenerife on Saturday, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction that is driving up housing costs for locals. Holding placards reading “People live here” and “We don’t want to see […]
Seven feared dead on migrant boat off Spain’s Canary Islands
Arguineguin, Spain Reuters Two people died and five are feared dead after they attempted to reach Spain’s Canary Islands on a boat with migrants on board, authorities said on Tuesday. The pirogue – a type of dugout canoe – was sighted on Monday evening at around 8pm by a merchant vessel which alerted authorities on […]
Migrant arrivals to Spain’s Canaries surge seven-fold so far this year
Madrid, Spain Reuters The number of migrants boarding rickety boats from West Africa and reaching Spain’s Canary Islands has risen seven-fold so far this year from the same period of 2023, Interior Ministry data showed on Friday. A total of 11,704 irregular migrants reached the Atlantic Ocean archipelago between 1st January and 15th February, compared […]
Migrant arrivals to Spain’s Canaries jump by over 1,000 per cent in January
Madrid, Spain Reuters The number of migrants from West Africa who braved the sea in fragile boats to reach Spain’s Canary Islands jumped more than 1,000 per cent in January from a year ago, data released by the country’s interior ministry on Thursday showed. A group of migrants wait to disembark from a wooden boat […]
Migrant children treated like adults as record influx overwhelms Canary Islands
San Cristobal de la Laguna, Spain Reuters Orphaned during a coup in his homeland Guinea, teenager Moussa Camara took to sea in a wooden boat with 240 other migrants, enduring an 11-day voyage, half of it without food and fresh water, before reaching the Canary Islands. Twenty people died en route, their bodies dropped in […]
Boat carrying 81 migrants arrives in Canary Islands, one person found dead
La Restinga, Spain Reuters A boat carrying 81 migrants arrived on the Spanish Canary island of El Hierro on Thursday, including one person who had died and others in need of medical assistance, local emergency services said. At least five migrants were receiving assistance in a temporary hospital set up by the Red Cross at […]
More than 500 migrants rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands
Madrid, SpainReuters More than 500 migrants were rescued in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain’s Canary Islands, the Spanish coastguard said on Saturday, as the number of people arriving on the archipelago so far this year neared an all-time record posted in 2006. The coastguard said they had also found two dead bodies among those rescued […]
Spain’s Canary Islands on course for record migrant arrivals
Madrid, SpainReuters A total of 30,705 undocumented migrants have reached the Canary Islands in the Atlantic in the first 10 months of this year, nearing a full-year record of 2006, data from Spain’s Interior Ministry showed on Thursday. The number of people risking the perilous crossing from Africa represented an 111 per cent increase from […]
Over one thousand migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands in single day
Arguineguin, Gran Canaria Reuters More than 1,000 migrants arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in a single day on Saturday after making the dangerous journey from Africa, including on a boat carrying 320 people that rescuers said was the most packed vessel they had ever seen. The Red Cross, which was helping to treat the migrants, […]