Spain: Police crack organization offering fake documents to migrants
Spanish authorities have dismantled an organization offering false documents to migrants hoping to make it to mainland Europe. 16 Senegalese suspects were arrested.
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More migrant sea crossings to Spain
About 8,000 migrants arrived in Spain in September, breaking a monthly record for this year. The number of tragedies at sea is also rising.
IOM: Over 780 migrant deaths on Atlantic route this year
According to the UN migration agency, 785 migrants from mostly western African countries died in the first eight months of this year trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands via the Atlantic. The month of August was particularly deadly. Meanwhile, over the weekend, some 340 migrants arrived on the island group on a single day.
Hundreds rescued trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands
The Spanish coast guard rescued more than 220 people travelling in small boats off the Canary Islands on Wednesday. The number of migrants risking the Atlantic route is rising again, and so are the deaths.
Spain's Balearic Islands see uptick in migrant boat landings
Of late, more migrant boats have been arriving on Spain's Balearic Islands compared with the normally more frequented route to the Canary Islands. This indicates that migration routes to Spain from Africa could be shifting.
Spain, young migrant dies in waters off Ceuta
The route from Africa to Spain continues to claim victims. On Thursday last week, a young migrant died while attempting to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, while a new shipwreck with 64 people missing was reported off the southern coast of Western Sahara.
Migrant death toll increases on Atlantic route to Canary Islands
The migrant route between Western Africa and the Canary Islands is proving to be increasingly deadly, as 29 people -- including seven children -- died last Friday out of a total of 55 who made the journey. Another incident took place Monday night, in which 13 people died off the coast of Fuerteventura. The NGO Caminando Fronteras denounced "a humanitarian crisis".
Shipwreck off Senegal: 1 dead, 11 rescued, 48 missing
Dozens of people are still missing and feared dead after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Senegal last week. It's the latest tragedy in a country where thousands have tried to migrate to Spain's Atlantic Canary Islands by sea.
Morocco navy rescues more than 400 Europe-bound migrants
Morocco's navy says it has recently rescued hundreds of migrants on their way to Europe. Attempted sea crossings in the Mediterranean and Atlantic continue to increase.
Spain: 46 migrants rescued off Gran Canaria
Another group of mainly sub-Saharan migrants has been saved off the Canary Islands. The number of sea arrivals has risen once again and Spanish rescue officials are working around the clock.
More than 50 people feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands
A woman who was the only person pulled from a sinking dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean has told her rescuers that the boat had left Africa a week earlier carrying 53 people.
Alleged trafficker arrested on Canary Islands
Spanish authorities have arrested a man on charges of manslaughter, and aiding and abetting illegal immigration. He is accused of being responsible for an incident in the Atlantic that left at least 14 people dead.