Far-right Vox calls for ‘naval blockade’ to stop migrant crisis in Canary Islands
So far this year 95.5% of migrant arrivals to Spain have been by sea, in what is also seen to be a direct impact of
Red Cross
Rescue boat with over 300 migrants reaches Spain
A charity rescue boat carrying 311 mainly African migrants plucked off Libya docked in Spain on Friday, ending a traumatic journey which saw them spending Christmas
Twelve migrants found dead in boat off Spain
Twelve migrants have been found dead in a boat off southern Spain while 12 others are missing, the Spanish coastguard and the Red Cross said
Focus: bad weather no deterrent to migrants crossing Strait of Gibraltar
A radio message comes in from a Spanish maritime rescue boat to the service’s command centre in the southern town of Tarifa: ’34 migrants rescued’.