Almost 200 migrants arrive on Canary Islands
Spain's maritime rescue service says 193 people of sub-Saharan origin arrived on the Canary Islands within 14 hours. At least one boat reportedly made it ashore without help.
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Sub-Saharan migrant killed by Moroccan police
A young woman was reportedly shot dead by Moroccan police as she was about to board a migrant boat headed for the Canary Islands.
Three dead, 45 migrants rescued off Canary Islands
Spanish authorities said they found three dead migrants and 45 survivors in a boat which ran into trouble off the Canary Island of Fuerteventura on Monday.
Eight migrants drown off Morocco
The Moroccan authorities say they retrieved the bodies of eight migrants after they drowned in an attempt to reach the Canary Islands.
Nearly 1,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in first half of 2022, says NGO
An average of about five migrants per day lost their lives attempting to cross the dangerous Atlantic Ocean to Spain between January and July 2022, the organization Caminando Fronteras has said.
Two migrants found dead in boat off Canary Islands
The Spanish coast guard said they found two people dead -- one of whom was a four-year-old girl -- in a "barely seaworthy vessel" just off Lanzarote, one of the Spanish Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, on Friday.
Moroccan navy bring 257 migrants back to shore
Between July 9 and July 12, the Moroccan Royal Navy said they had rescued 257 migrants in both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic.
At least 13 migrants die as boat catches fire off Senegal
A boat carrying at least 140 migrants trying to get to Europe capsized off the coast of Senegal due to a fire on board. According to local Red Cross officials, at least 13 people were killed. The migrants were reportedly hoping to reach Spain's Canary Islands via the highly dangerous Atlantic route.
'I could already see myself dead': Serge, a Congolese migrant, recalls his crossing to the Canary Islands
Having been pushed back by the Spanish authorities to Morocco, Serge decided to try the 'Atlantic route' to Europe. But once at sea, the boat lost its motor, and Serge thought he was going to die.
Migrant in southern Morocco shares story of arrest and abuse
Authorities in Laayoune, Morocco have been subjecting sub-Saharan migrants to constant harassment, an Ivorian in the city has told InfoMigrants. He said scores of migrants are being arrested and detained every day and "danger is everywhere."
Hundreds of people rescued near Canary Islands in recent days
Migrants have been arriving on Spain’s Canary Islands at a staggering pace in recent days. While most were rescued at sea, some actually managed to arrive on the archipelago of their own accord.
Canary Islands: 72 rescued, at least 28 missing
Over the last two days, Spanish marine rescue services reported that they rescued 72 migrants from two separate boats. At least 28 are thought to still be missing from another boat found about 120 kilometers south of Gran Canaria.