The situation on the migration route to the Canary Islands is extremely serious, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said Tuesday in a debate in the EU parliament. She said the bloc needed to work with external partners to protect human lives and fight against traffickers.
Around 150 migrants attempted to storm a section of the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave Melilla, Spanish authorities say. 87 people reportedly succeeded in crossing the border.
Spain's maritime rescue service late Friday salvaged a boat carrying over 30 migrants and brought them safely to the Canary Islands, but not in time to save one child who reportedly died at sea. Meanwhile, some migrants on the Canaries have reportedly begun a hunger strike.
In a year that saw over 20,000 migrants arrive on the Canary Islands, Spain's maritime rescue service Salvamento Marítimo saved more than 650 migrant boats. InfoMigrants spoke with the agency about its strategy for responding to distress calls, coordination with Morocco and what we can expect this year.
Four migrants were found dead on arrival when a boat carrying 47 migrants landed in Tenerife at dawn, Spanish coast guards said Tuesday. Three others were hospitalized with burns and other injuries.
After rescuing 265 migrants in two operations in the Mediterranean Sea within three days, Italy has allowed the Spanish flagged rescue ship Open Arms to bring its passengers to the Italian island of Sicily. Many of the rescuees are to be taken to a quarantine ship.
Amid a surge in migrant arrivals to Spain's Canary Islands, authorities are struggling to provide for the needs of over 2,000 unaccompanied minors on the archipelago. InfoMigrants spoke with Save the Children about the children's health, what happens when they turn 18 and why walls against migratory flows don't work.
Survivors of the blaze that destroyed a warehouse near Barcelona and that left four migrants dead have been camping out in protest over their housing conditions. Their goal: papers, and a decent home.
Nearly 2,200 migrants died trying to reach Spain by sea this year, most on their way to the Canary Islands. The migrant rights group Caminando Fronteras said a reduction in rescue services was partly to blame.
This year was especially difficult for many migrants and refugees in Europe, and those attempting to reach Europe. The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated hardships, while fires at Moria camp on Lesbos left thousands without shelter. Here's a look at some of the most important moments of 2020.
The information flow about the roughly 22,000 migrants who have arrived on Spain's Canary Islands this year is slow and often intransparent – from authorities, NGOs and locals alike. The lack of communication and absence of facts have long helped fuel rumors and xenophobia.
Rescuers have found a fourth body in the ruins of a burnt-out warehouse near Barcelona, where up to 200 mostly African migrants were living in precarious conditions. The fire that destroyed the building, which broke out last Wednesday, also injured 20 people.