Nearly 1,500 migrants arrive in Canary Islands in one day
Spanish coastguard rescued 1,488 people aboard 14 boats, including women and children, as El Hierro strained under a surge in arrivals.
- 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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Aftenposten
Nearly 1,500 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands on Saturday, the highest number in a single day since 2020, according to the Spanish coast guard.
Nearly 1,500 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands yesterday in a single day. This is the highest number in a 24-hour period in the more than thirty years that figures on the migration route have been recorded. This was reported by the Spanish news agency EFE, based on maritime rescue and emergency services. Eight vessels were deployed to rescue fourteen boats with a total of 1,488 people on board. This surpasses the number of 1,461 migrants r…
The Toronto Star
Spain says nearly 2,200 migrants have reached Canary Islands in 2 days
MADRID (AP) — Nearly 2,200 migrants have arrived by boat in Spain’s Canary Islands over the past two days, Spain’s maritime rescue service said Sunday.
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