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 […]
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, […]
Senegal disputes reports 300 migrants lost at sea, migrant group disagrees
Dakar, Senegal/Madrid, Spain Reuters Authorities in Senegal have disputed reports that 300 people travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands disappeared last week as “unfounded” and said hundreds had been rescued in Moroccan territorial waters. But the migrant aid group that originally reported the missing boats, Walking Borders, said it believed […]
Spain rescues boat with 86 migrants, hundreds likely still missing
Madrid, SpainReuters Spanish maritime rescue that dispatched a plane and a ship to search for a fishing vessel from Senegal with about 200 migrants on board and missing for nearly two weeks, on Monday discovered what appears to be a different migrant boat. The reconnaissance plane spotted a boat 114 kilometres to the south of […]
More than 300 migrants rescued off Spain’s Canary islands
Arguineguin, Spain Reuters Spain’s sea rescue service on Wednesday picked up more than 300 migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands in rickety boats, with nine of them clinging to a semi-sunken dinghy. The rescue service said it was unaware of any drownings as reported by a rights group. Migrants wait to disembark from a […]
Migrant arrivals to Spain’s Canary Islands double from last year
Gran Canaria/Barcelona Spain Reuters Spain’s sea rescue service on Wednesday rescued around 100 migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands in rickety boats from north or west Africa amid a surge in arrivals that have more than doubled so far this year from 2020 levels. The migrants were rescued off three boats and all appeared to […]
Dozens of migrants rescued off Spain’s Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria, Spain Reuters Spain’s coast guard rescued 45 migrants off the coast of Gran Canaria on Sunday including 24 women and eight children. The migrants, from sub-Saharan Africa, were spotted in a boat by a passing ship around 61 kilometres south of Gran Canaria, local media reported. Migrants wait to disembark from a Spanish […]