
Canary Islands sees 1,600 migrants arrive over weekend
Reported by lily | November 9th, 2020 @ 03:40 AM
Canary Islands sees 1,600 migrants arrive over weekend
More than 1,600 African migrants have been rescued at sea or
reached Spain's Canary Islands over
the weekend, Spanish emergency services said.
About 1,000 arrived on Saturday alone, setting out on about 20 barely seaworthy boats.
One person was flown to hospital by helicopter.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of migrants from
West Africa attempting to reach
the Canary Islands in recent months.
The island chain is just 100km (60 miles) off the coast of North Africa.
According to the Spanish government, more than 11,000 arrivals
have been recorded in the Canary
Islands this year compared with 2,557 during the same period last
year.
A spokeswoman for Canary services told AFP news agency the
migrants had arrived on the islands
of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and El Hierro.
The body of one person who died during the perilous journey was
recovered by rescuers on El
Hierro, the spokeswoman said.
Images taken from Arguineguin port in Gran Canarias this weekend
show migrants queuing up to
receive assistance.
Last month at least 140 migrants bound for Europe drowned after
a boat carrying around 200
people sank off the coast of Senegal.
The boat caught fire and capsized shortly after leaving the town
of Mbour, the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
About 60 people were rescued, according to reports.
It is believed the migrants were attempting to reach mainland Europe via the Canary Islands.
At least 414 people are known to have died along this route so
far this year according to
the IOM. A total of 210 fatalities were recorded on the same
stretch in the whole of 2019.
Further details are available here. :slotxo
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