As many as 50 people are thought to have died after a migrant boat capsized in waters near Morocco while en route to the Canary Islands. The ill-fated vessel set off from Mauritania on January 2 ...

Spain’s marine rescue service on Thursday said that more than 550 migrants have reached its Canary Islands in boats over the past two days.

In 2024, an average of nearly two migrant boats reached the Canary Islands each day. 692 boats in all carried more than ...

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The majority of the Canary Islands' are facing financial hardship, with approximately 1.47 million people, or more than 544,000 households, reporting difficulties with making ends meet.

The Canary Islands archipelago is a string of seven islands, closer to Morocco than to their mother country Spain. The islands are home to more than 2 million people, and their main trade is tourism.

In 2024, Spain received a record number of migrants who crossed illegally via sea, with more than 61,000 people having arrived on boats. Nearly 47,000 of those landed in the Canary Islands.