Nearly 1,500 migrants arrive in Canary Islands in one day
Spanish coastguard rescued 1,488 people in 14 boats, as officials moved to ease pressure on reception facilities on El Hierro.
- On Friday, Spain's Maritime Rescue Service assisted 854 migrants aboard seven small, open motorised fishing vessels in waters off the Canary Island of El Hierro since early morning.
- El Hierro's 12,000 residents face growing pressure on local services after more than 8,000 migrants arrived by boat in five weeks, prompting authorities to declare a social emergency on November 6.
- Following a meeting with Canary Islands representatives on Tuesday, the central government committed to adding medical and nursing staff through the Red Cross and providing an additional rescue vessel.
- Authorities relocated 350 migrants on a scheduled ferry to Tenerife to ease reception facility pressure, while others received humanitarian aid at the Temporary Foreign Nationals Reception Centre in Valverde.
- Spanish government sources told El Confidencial that as many as 35,000 migrants could reach the Canary Islands this year, potentially doubling the 17,500 who arrived in 2025 amid the high tourist season.
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(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yun-kyung = On the 14th (local time) alone, ships departing from West Africa [reached] the Canary Islands, Spain, near Morocco in North Africa...
Spain recorded the highest number of rescued migrants in six years in the Canary Islands in one day, and in one day alone the Coast Guard helped almost 1,500 people.
A total of 1,488 people aboard 14 boats were rescued by Spain's coastguard, report says
MADRID.- The Canary Islands, the Spanish archipelago facing northwest Africa, is one of the main points of entry of migrants to Spain, since people mainly from West Africa attempt the dangerous crossing of the Atlantic in precarious boats.Of the little more than 28,000 people who arrived in Spain by sea between January and the end of October, more than 13,000 arrived to the Canary Islands, according to data from the Spanish Ministry of Interior.…
Record day on the Canary route: at least 1,488 people rescued from 14 boats, the highest figure in a single day
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