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Mauritania and Spain pledge cooperation on migration and to combat people smuggling

News Desk28th August 20245th September 2024

28th August 20245th September 20241978

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...

Hundreds of migrants try to swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta

News Desk27th August 20245th September 2024

27th August 20245th September 20243678

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

News Desk26th August 20242nd September 2024

26th August 20242nd September 20242063

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

News Desk19th August 202426th August 2024

19th August 202426th August 20242264

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

News Desk16th July 202423rd July 2024

16th July 202423rd July 20243507

#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

News Desk30th June 20245th July 2024

30th June 20245th July 20245380

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

News Desk22nd June 202427th June 2024

22nd June 202427th June 20242101

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

News Desk20th June 202426th June 2024

20th June 202426th June 20241343

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

News Desk4th May 20248th May 2024

4th May 20248th May 20243428

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

News Desk21st April 202427th April 2024

21st April 202427th April 20243641

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...

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