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…
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 […]
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 […]
At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spanish Canary Islands, aid group says
Madrid, SpainReuters At least 300 people who were travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday. Dozens of wooden boats used by migrants to reach the Canary Islands are seen at the Port of Arinaga, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, […]
More than 30 feared dead as dinghy bound for Spain’s Canary Islands sinks
Madrid, Spain Reuters More than 30 migrants were feared dead after a dinghy headed for Spain’s Canary Islands sank on Wednesday, two migration-focused organisations said, as they criticised Spain and Morocco for not intervening earlier to rescue the vessel’s passengers. The groups, Walking Borders and Alarm Phone, said the dinghy was originally carrying around 60 […]
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 […]
4,400 migrants lost at sea bound for Spain in 2021, double previous year
Barcelona/Madrid, SpainReuters More than 4,400 migrants, including at least 205 children, were lost at sea trying to reach Spain in 2021, a monitoring group said on Monday – more than double the figure from the previous year and the most since the group began counting in 2018. The group, Walking Borders, or Caminando Fronteras, blamed […]