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Read the lead brief →Lead development · 11/15/2026, 9:06:01 PM UTC
Nearly 2,200 migrants have reached the Canary Islands over the past two days, Spain’s coastguard said Sunday, continuing a recent surge of arrivals from West African countries to the Spanish archipelago, where the authorities declared a migration emergency earlier this week.
Top · 11/15/2026, 6:26:00 PM UTC
The majority of the migrants who arrived on the islands on Saturday came from Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea. The surge in arrivals to the Canaries comes after Spain's Ceuta recently faced a migration crisis.
Top · 11/15/2026, 3:16:29 PM UTC
New EU migration and asylum laws have largely failed to stem flow of migrants to Spain and its territories.
Top · 11/15/2026, 4:58:40 PM UTC
Spain says nearly 2,200 migrants have arrived by boat to the Canary Islands this weekend. The strip of the Atlantic Ocean between West Africa and the Canary Islands is one of the world's deadliest migration routes – and the journey is usually made with ill-equipped dinghies and overcrowded boats. Details by FRANCE 2…
