Mauritania and Spain pledge cooperation on migration and to combat people smuggling
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania to stem a surge in migrants making the dangerous
Canary Islands
Hundreds of migrants try to swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta
Thousands of migrants have attempted to cross the border from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in the last few days, including hundreds of
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez heads to West Africa as migrant arrivals surge
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez sets off on a three-day visit to West Africa on Tuesday, as his left-wing coalition government grapples with a major upsurge
Canary Islands migrant arrivals up 126% year-on-year, as Sánchez plans west Africa trip
The number of migrants reaching the Canary Islands more than doubled in the first 7.5 months of 2024 – an issue that will be top
Updated: Body found in Tenerife is that of Jay Slater, autopsy confirms
#UPDATED at 14.45 on Tues 16 July: An autopsy has confirmed that the body found on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands on Monday is
Search for missing teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife ‘called off’ by police
The search for missing British teenager Jay Slater has been called off nearly two weeks after he disappeared in a remote part of Tenerife in the
Week-long search for missing teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife continues
A search operation on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands for a missing British teenager has entered its seventh day. Jay Slater, 19, from
Five migrants found dead on boat off Canary Islands, with 68 others rescued
Five migrants were found dead on a crowded boat that was spotted adrift south of the Canary Islands, Spain’s maritime rescue service said on Thursday. Rescuers
Spanish government scraps €30,000 national bullfighting prize, sparking debate
Spain’s coalition government said on Friday that it would be scrapping a national prize for bullfighting, prompting anger from supporters of the controversial spectacle –
Thousands protest in Canary Islands against ‘unsustainable’ mass tourism model
Tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday to demand changes to the model of mass tourism that they say
