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According to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, the number of migrant boat arrivals in the Canary Islands decreased by 62% in the 1st quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Photo: Reuters
Silvia Cruz Oran and Isabel Sebastia Fabregat look for the graves of 14 migrants who died on a boat that arrived on April 26, 2021, cemetery of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Photo: InfoMigrants
From file: Activists say 80 migrants are still missing following the June 2022 attempt to break into Spain's north African enclave Melilla | Photo: Juan Medina / Reuters
On Wednesday (April 19), 344 migrants were rescued by the Spanish coast guard, traveling on six different boats | Photo: Borja Suare / Reuters
From file: Migrants arriving in the Canary Islands October 6 | Photo: IMAGO / Agencia EFE
From file: A migrant is transferred in a wheelchair after disembarking from a Spanish
coast guard vessel on the island of Gran Canaria,
 | Photo: Borja Suarez / Reuters
From file: A migrant boat crashed onto rocks off Sal Island, Cape Verde, November 19, 2020 | Photo: REUTERS/Jorge Avelino
The number of migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands has increased dramatically in recent years | Photo: Picture-alliancedpa/Mission Lifeline
From file: Migrants continue to risk the dangerous Atlantic route from West Africa to the Canary Islands, resulting in rising numbers of recorded deaths at sea | Source: screengrab Reuters video
The three stowaway migrants had to survive for 11 days at sea before being rescued by the Spanish coast guard on November 28, 2022 | Photo: Salvamento Maritimo/Handout via REUTERS
The three stowaway migrants had to survive for 11 days at sea before being rescued by the Spanish coast guard on November 28, 2022 | Photo: Salvamento Maritimo/Handout via REUTERS
Three stowaway migrants are seen on the rudder blade of petrol vessel Althini II after traveling from Nigeria and before being rescued by Spanish coast guard at sea near Las Palmas de Gran Canaria port, in the Canary Islands, Spain November 28, 2022 | Photo: Salvamento Maritimo/Handout via REUTERS