Young African Migrants Overwhelming Canary Islands
Instead of trying to abolish ‘pull factors,’ the Spanish government is distributing the migrants throughout the country.
Instead of trying to abolish ‘pull factors,’ the Spanish government is distributing the migrants throughout the country.
Morocco is deploying its military in a bid to intimidate the EU into recognizing its annexation of Western Sahara—and we can expect it to facilitate illegal migration as part of its campaign.
Many of the migrants are young Senegalese fed up with the local economy, while others claim to be simply bored.
Spanish Interior Minister explains increased illegal arrivals with political “destabilization in the Sahel region.”
Migrant arrivals have surged to record-breaking heights in the Spanish territory.
At knifepoint, migrants forced the captain of the rescue ship to take them to Spanish territory.
At least 51 people are reportedly dead off the Spanish Canary Islands as smugglers’ greed kills yet again. The Canary Islands have seen a surge in migrant activity in June, with an estimated 89 people dead in total in just 15 days.
Sources close to the case have described the assault as unceremoniously brutal.
Irregular migration into the Canary Islands has intensified as of late, with 700 arrivals in a four-day period by way of 16 different vessels. These