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This would be the first time that Frontex would be working far outside the EU's external borders | Photo: Reuters
From file: Migrants arriving in Spain's Canary Islands in late March this year | Photo: Mercedes Menendez/Pacific Press/picture-alliance
File photo: Wrecks of boats used to get to Lanzarote from the African coast in Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain, November 22, 2021 | Photo: Nicola Marfisi/Avalon/picture-alliance
From file: Boats used by migrants to reach the Canary Islands coasts, are seen piled up at Arinaga port, in Aguimes, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, on November 13, 2020 | Photo: REUTERS/Borja Suarez
32 migrants whose boat had drifted at sea for over two weeks arrived on Tenerife on July 1 | Photo: Miguel Barreto/Agencia EFE/Imago Images
Sub-Saharan migrants arrive at Arguineguin's port after being rescued by Spanish Salvamento Maritimo in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands | Photo: ARCHIVE/EPA/Angel Medina G.
Morocco takes back around 15,000 of its nationals from the EU every year / Photo: AP/Javier Bauluz
The port city of Arguineguin is at the center of the migrant influx on the Canary Islands | Photo: Marco Wolter
Protesters demonstrate for the rights of migrants on Gran Canaria, Spain, on November 14, 2020 | Photo: Manuel Navarro/dpa/Picture-alliance
Germany's highest court, the Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) in Karlsruhe | Photo: picture alliance/Uli Deck/dpa
Photo from file: The route from West Africa to the Canary Islands is seeing a surge of migrants | Photo: picture-alliance / AP Photo / M. Seminara
From file: A plane near the Canary Island of Lanzarote | Photo: Picture-alliance